Black Hornet 4 Nano UAV - The Future of Battlefield Reconnaissance 

Hell fucking yeah

8 armies uses them.....

Duuude i thought the same thing hahahahahahah

Square building, Sand and a Copter.

They need to add a poison dart feature

combined with AR goggles to see through solid objects via multi angle FLIR cameras on microdrones projecting in 3d

Yeah there's tons of drones that have FLIR and can also drop grenades. So this drone is probably going to not only cost more than those other drones but will also have less capabilities.

@@HypeBeast764 Those drones are also louder, bigger, and less manuverable.

FLIR is the reason the US will never ever fight against a near-tier enemy such as Russia or China on a land-based battlefield. They are unwilling to withstand the personnel losses that occur when their enemy can see them in the pitch-black darkness of night behind thick foliage from 2km away (or more). The US and its allies will only ever engage in a land-based conflict with poverty-stricken nations who have little to zero access to FLIR technlogy and who also have zero ability to achieve air superiority. Even Desert Storm in the early 90s was a big gamble, and Iraq barely had any access to the search-and-destroy technologies the US and its allies had at the time. The last time the US went up against a near-tier enemy was in 1945...

​@@BrickedWall Stop lying. You can have drones equipped with explosives that are quiet enough. Quiet enough to stalk soldiers in the middle of the night at a distance of 20 feet. This tiny drone from FLIR is ancient tech. It would only make sense for small groups of special forces for quick recon/overview.

What for did you use it in civilian use?

@@dopler3 urban recon, I obviously cannot say more due to NDAs and contract with the DoD, but my daily job is XR firearms training development, so you can draw your conclusions, stay safe!

What if it fall in mid river?

​@@KiwiBrowserSupportits ip65. So it can get wet

@@mariorossi9300 FLIR is the reason the US will never ever fight against a near-tier enemy such as Russia or China on a land-based battlefield. They are unwilling to withstand the personnel losses that occur when their enemy can see them in the pitch-black darkness of night behind thick foliage from 2km away (or more). The US and its allies will only ever engage in a land-based conflict with poverty-stricken nations who have little to zero access to FLIR technlogy and who also have zero ability to achieve air superiority. Even Desert Storm in the early 90s was a big gamble, and Iraq barely had any access to the search-and-destroy technologies the US and its allies had at the time. The last time the US went up against a near-tier enemy was in 1945...

shotgun

I mean, if you want to engage targets with a drone, you shouldn't be using sth like this. You'd want a much bigger drone that can fly around fast with an AR15 mount. At the moment, they're not very worthwhile because if you're engaging targets then they are aware of the drone and that's bad because: a) To shoot you need to stay stationary, which gives the enemy ample time to shoot it down. b) It would then have to move around constantly to avoid being shot down, but would pay for it with much lower accuracy, and for a device that would barely hold 60 rounds, it's not going to be of much help. Also, these would be worth hundreds of dollars which is way too expensive for a risky elimination. It's not that incognito, it's just hard to spot if you're fighting others and your focus is somewhere else. It's still quite easy to see close range.

@a.c.e7407 ...The problem with any drone that carriers a large weapon is that it's also very large and very loud. This little guy is designed so it can literally fly inside buildings, and it is quiet enough that you can not hear it until it's right on top of you. It's a surveillance drone, which will be given the ability to attack and eliminate a single high priority target if discovered. The cost is well worth it when you can take out a division commander visiting his troops or in a meeting near the battlefield.

micro kamikaze drone? i feel like i've seen something like that but i forgot where

@@AntonDVasiliev-ss1ie Yeah i would think maybe a tiny grenade or something

That would be cool

too bad

Like a flock of explosive starlings.

It's too expensive for a swarm like that. I get that it will be overkill on the field and just kamikaze its way to enemy operators, but that's a few dozen Ks. If you take out everything besides a camera for locking to targets, it's still quite expensive and with its size it's not going to be able to carry any lethal payload either. If you're going to use swarms of drones to engage targets, then just make bigger drones with mounted guns, and have them just fly over enemies to shoot them down, and since there're many of them they won't get a chance to stand and shoot them down.

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A drone operator is the new doctrine. In fact, it has always been normal to have someone outside of direct combat to make calls. To let your ego get in the way of strategy will only result in death.

It is hehe.

in the US it is called a credit score

It can fly in winds up to 25 knots, and its a small drone meant to be low to the ground, not like a bigger drone where the concealment factor is only able to be used by hiding in clouds.

You mean the 25kt wind resistance?

I think he missed the part about the 25 knots wind resistance, in case others haven't pointed it out

Well, no. It's a recon drone to help avoid unnecessary casualties. Those other guys will die either way.

its an advertisement for the ukrainian military, not for us buddy

​@@wolfstadt_ That's the problem. Tools for zog but not for us.

There's something similar in Sniper Ghost Warrior 3. It doesn't look anywhere near the same, but the same concept. A recon drone. Hell, I guess Star Wars Battlefront had this with the sniper class's scout drone.

10% R&D 90% PR

Quality always costs! It utilizes the best sensors and the best battery from Japanese Panasonic Corp.

@@caroluslexator I mean dji… they probably got better specs (besides thermal) jn a mini 4 pro body they sell to civilians. It’s just an american company that makes it expensive.

@@caroluslexator unfortunately it is not “quality” . You need to understand, that if a 6 year old can break it- then a 26 year old SEAL can too . Crap like this is cool in concept. However real world missions need tools that are not prone to failure. They’re just too delicate for the mission they are supposed to operate in. Look at the specs for wind alone.

@@LCreeper575 Expensive is fine as long as it's made in America.

It's going to be used for CQB mostly mate. If you're outside in the open, people will just use UAVs.

Also DOD if u see this and use my idea then you owe me money!!!!

Well the UK and france use them, with the UK spending 20 million for about 200 of them. So there is clearly a use for them.

If this can save a soldier's life it's worth it. It costs more than $200K to train a new soldier!

@@inocry940 Over 1000 of these were sent to Ukraine.

​@@henrikmikaelkristensen4784and sold it's components to China..

Probably won’t cost that much overtime, betting 10k at most in 5 years when it’s already replaced

For humanitarian missions like search and rescue, I think this might be easier. Could just have some signal relay point or another drone that maybe can be used as relay or booster.

It's an encrypted 5Ghz transitter running at high power for short periods, so it'll go through walls okay-ish up to about 100m - Their claim of 2km is for open fields only...

It's running a 2,500mAh pouch cell to power an $2,000USD FLIR camera (Model: COIN612/R - available from a company called 'Global Sensor Technology'). The asking price on this thing is approximately 8,000-10,000% (80-100x) mark-up... They charge what they do because the DoD can write blank cheques. I guarantee you that a Chinese manufacturer could achieve 80% of it's capabilities at 1/50th the cost. There's nothing in this thing that can't be achieved with a soldering iron and around $2,000 USD budget for a FLIR camera and encrypted 5gHz transmission tech. I've seen the prior two models up close in person, and as an RC person with a lot of experience with such kit, it ain't impressing me. Even the horizon-levelling tech in the video feed was done by Parrot back in 2014 with the Bebop drone via clever XYZ gyroscope/accelerometer feedback programming and a fisheye lens. The DJI Avata uses exactly the same tech to provide a horizon-levelled video feed without the need of a 3-axis gimbal.

Love that idea.

@@sgladiadis💀

Coming to a battlefield near you…

CIA: Oh yeah, we use those all the time. Everyone else: Wait, what?

Or a weaponized virus.

Imagine all the meat you could buy for $195k 😂

Hehe nice.

😂😂😂😂😂 1:14 true 1:18

@@himanshut114It's running a 2,500mAh pouch cell to power an $2,000USD FLIR camera (Model: COIN612/R - available from a company called 'Global Sensor Technology'). The asking price on this thing is approximately 8,000-10,000% (80-100x) mark-up... They charge what they do because the DoD can write blank cheques. I guarantee you that a Chinese manufacturer could achieve 80% of it's capabilities at 1/50th the cost. There's nothing in this thing that can't be achieved with a soldering iron and around $2,000 USD budget for a FLIR camera and encrypted 5gHz transmission tech. I've seen the prior two models up close in person, and as an RC person with a lot of experience with such kit, it ain't impressing me. Even the horizon-levelling tech in the video feed was done by Parrot back in 2014 with the Bebop drone via clever XYZ gyroscope/accelerometer feedback programming and a fisheye lens. The DJI Avata uses exactly the same tech to provide a horizon-levelled video feed without the need of a 3-axis gimbal.

Because I got the chinese one and it sucks. And it’s $115. It can’t fly. Flew it once and it broke. You sound stupid.

200k

@@aytw661😂really?

I hope not. Really don't want Iran sending these out to terrorists.

for $195k lol

You can _request_ to buy one.

did you watch the video? i specified it can operate with up to 25kts wind

Sounds like it's against physics. Single small propeller = small weight = uncontrollable flight with the wind

@@radkovskyy sounds like bugs and animals are too

@@radkovskyy have you ever flown RC helicopters or aircraf? flying in 25kt wind is challenging but doable. so i would guess a military drone with alot of sensors and hogh performance batteries can certainly deal with that kind of wind. maybe not easily. but its entirely within physics

It's running a 2,500mAh pouch cell to power an $2,000USD FLIR camera (Model: COIN612/R - available from a company called 'Global Sensor Technology'). The asking price on this thing is approximately 8,000-10,000% (80-100x) mark-up... They charge what they do because the DoD can write blank cheques. I guarantee you that a Chinese manufacturer could achieve 80% of it's capabilities at 1/50th the cost. There's nothing in this thing that can't be achieved with a soldering iron and around $2,000 USD budget for a FLIR camera and encrypted 5gHz transmission tech. I've seen the prior two models up close in person, and as an RC person with a lot of experience with such kit, it ain't impressing me. Even the horizon-levelling tech in the video feed was done by Parrot back in 2014 with the Bebop drone via clever XYZ gyroscope/accelerometer feedback programming and a fisheye lens. The DJI Avata uses exactly the same tech to provide a horizon-levelled video feed without the need of a 3-axis gimbal.

I was thinking similar thoughts about the rotors, but it may be an intentional compromise in choosing to maximize audio signature reduction. I think adding a non-moving shell/ring around a rotor generates more noise - *I think* it does, to be clear I am not sure.

It's because of the thermal sensor. A version without the thermal probably would be less than $2k.

@@ElTubeo1515It's running a 2,500mAh pouch cell to power an $2,000USD FLIR camera (Model: COIN612/R - available from a company called 'Global Sensor Technology'). The asking price on this thing is approximately 8,000-10,000% (80-100x) mark-up... They charge what they do because the DoD can write blank cheques. I guarantee you that a Chinese manufacturer could achieve 80% of it's capabilities at 1/50th the cost. There's nothing in this thing that can't be achieved with a soldering iron and around $2,000 USD budget for a FLIR camera and encrypted 5gHz transmission tech. I've seen the prior two models up close in person, and as an RC person with a lot of experience with such kit, it ain't impressing me. Even the horizon-levelling tech in the video feed was done by Parrot back in 2014 with the Bebop drone via clever XYZ gyroscope/accelerometer feedback programming and a fisheye lens. The DJI Avata uses exactly the same tech to provide a horizon-levelled video feed without the need of a 3-axis gimbal.

@@ElTubeo1515 lol is a scam, classic wester military complex

Or a plank you just found on the ground. Or a tree branch. or just straight up you grab it and press the power off button.

How tf do you want to know?

DJIs are consumer drones. This one is built and tested for battlefield use.

​@@henrikmikaelkristensen4784 I don't know if you've noticed the events going on around the world but DJIs have seen way more combat than these will ever see at that price point.

dji one is better

@@henrikmikaelkristensen4784 and DJI drones have been proven in the battlefields of Ukraine.

I love it bring on more

How is the flir a killing device?

If younread my comment. Im referrring to the most recent one about lethal loitering munitions. ​@user-bh9vf2zu1r

Incorrect by a factor of 2X

Haha. Most of what you wrote is completely wrong. Imagine thinking Teledyne buys sensors from GST, lmao.