Army’s Drones of the ‘Future’ Head to Iraq, Now
30 Micro Air Vehicles, or MAVs, “are on their way to Baghdad two weeks from now,” Future Combat Systems program manager Maj. Gen. Charles Cartwright tells Defense News.
Unlike other small drones -which fly like miniature airplanes- the MAVs use ducted fans to float in the air. Hovering in one place, they can stare down with “electrooptical and infrared cameras, and soon will have a gimbal-mounted camera and a laser designator,” Defense News notes.