The micro-drone appears to be roughly the size of a human fingernail and features tiny, leaf-like wings and thin, wiry legs.

We've seen bat-like drones, and even heard of genuine bat weaponry, but now the Pentagon is after micro UAVs with genuine echolocation bat-senses, for ...

The drones can fit in the palm of one's hand and are described by The Debrief news site as the "smallest operational military micro-drone in the world," measuring about 4 inches by 1 inch from tip ...

Urban disaster relief is an “obvious” application for tiny, self-guided insect robots according to the agency. An equally obvious application, left out of the announcement, is spy drones that ...

A Chinese defence research institution has revealed a spy drone that closely resembles a mosquito. The bionic microdrone was showcased on China’s state-run military broadcaster, CCTV-7, on June 20.

PARIS, Nov. 18 (UPI) --Thales Group formally introduced its latest surveillance and reconnaissance mini-drone, the Spy'Ranger, on Wednesday. The company says the new tactical unmanned aerial ...

Dragonfly Spy Drones Designed for Urban Warfare. Published Aug 16, 2016 at 10:35 AM EDT Updated Aug 21, 2016 at 11:15 AM EDT. The Skeeter micro-drone is inspired by the biology of a dragonfly.

The Cargo Pocket Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance program, known also as CP-ISR, is a new nano-drone concept dreamed up by the folks at the Army's Natick Soldier Research Center.

Reported prices for the current versions of the micro drones vary widely, but they are said to have cost $94,000 per unit in 2013. Norway's then-Prime Minister Erna Solberg flies a Black Hornet in ...

China builds mosquito-sized spy drone. Anthony Cuthbertson . Wed, 25 Jun 2025, 12:20 pm 2 min read. A mosquito-sized UAV has been developed for covert military operations (CCTV/ Screenshot) ... The ...

The Biden administration has announced another package of security assistance for Ukraine worth $400 million in weaponry and equipment that includes Black Hornet spy drones.

A Chinese defence research institution has revealed a spy drone that closely resembles a mosquito. The bionic microdrone was showcased on China’s state-run military broadcaster, CCTV-7, on June 20.