What can a Black Hornet drone do? 

it's Norwegian!

lol its price is outrageous the American drones you are talking about can fly halfway around the world and drop their bombs and fly back by themselves that's why they cost so much they aren't comparable

@@joejacko1587 American? they made in Hønefoss Norway! Flir bought the comapany---

@@sidvich The Stingray which Joe and the link is referring to is American.

@@svenhaheim Well the title says Black Hornet...

For that price it better be able to stand on its head and fart the star spangled banner. Lol

I mean a DJI mini 2 is pretty loud and plus it’s pretty small so it’s more for stealth purposes

There’s even smaller drones than that and they can literally go 25+ miles 🤣🤣

Your dji sends everything you recorded, facial recognition and it's location data all get to the Chinese government. It requires an Internet connection to upload to the Internet. It's don't have a 1000 meter range. It's not resistant to jamming. It has zero emp protection. It can't communicate with satellites. It's easy to hack into and control. It can't send data to multiple devices at the same time. It can't be controlled by someone who is on the other side of the world... Don't work in bad weather, wind and snow for example. So your 200 dollar drone, is cheap because its not capable of doing what this drone can 😉

yep cheap China products

because they allow lobbying which is stuffing politicians pockets for contracts like those.

This was drone was made in 2008 hence the price tag

@@harrisonh8664 What would be the price of such mini drone if it was designed with today's technology?

@@Cedrik_BOI 11 dollars.

@@harrisonh8664 That's your justification😂 Ok. And CNN is the most trustworthy TV station🤣

Cool 😎

companies ripping off Uncle Sam which is essentially all taxpayers at the end of the day.... just the way biotech/pharmas and health insurance companies are doing also. Then people wonder how the US deficit got so high.

That's how these trash companies rips off the fed government and we have a 30T dollar debt and mounting.

@@chesi_7_0_79 although that's part of it, healthcare is definitely the biggest part of US debt. We're up to $4.1 trillion a year now.

Government money laundry justified...

It ain't worth 3k

@@seanthe100 And after seeing this one example of how the government wastes money, imagine if the government managed healthcare...

this is the same as when they overpaid for hammers and toilet seats, they use the money to pay for secret projects, our govt is evil

I'm sure the 600% mark-up for selling it to governments doesn't hurt either.

I find it funny that they imply that no enemy countries can make these or use these. What could possibly cost $195,000 in that thing. It’s absurd.

Take it to China reverse engineer it and you’ll see it at your nearest China town market for $25

This is the key point, that our taxes are seen as an endless resource, to be squandered however they see fit. This is why I don't trust the government to spend our taxes wisely.

Donno, there's Joe Bidey. We got scammed with his promotion.

U.S Army pay $300 to Haliburton for a screw no joke.

I was getting my credit card out till I saw that.

But it's "Cost Effective". Also, way cheaper than a B2 or an Aircraft Carrier ;p

Biggest scam is the "planet" itself. Heliocentric Pseudoscientism Cult.

It's all complete BS.

Money is no object when using someone else's money. Also, if they don't have enough money, the govt will just print more.

More to the point, rather than fight the enemy with these things, you could probably buy them! And the guy in the film seemed to have a box of them. "Hey enemy guys! How about a million dollars to switch side?" It's a million to one chance, but it might just work! 💸💸💸

It might've costed 10s or 100s of millions to develop and research and not many people want them so each unit has to be very costly to pay for the development costs. I guess that's why they're so expensive

@@frommarkham424 what?? they ALREADY EXIST! They aren't new, nothing about them is new, the software would be specific to the forces, but other than that... 100s millions of development? Not a chance.

So the updated versions include night vision too? What about IR? Both of those features wouldn't be so hard to include with todays technology. Maybe the price could be adjusted down a bit too.

I was thinking the same thing ... and even with one Mini 2 you might not be able to say "hold my beer", but at least you could say "hold my tax return".

the thing is, a lot of military technologies is not as advance anymore. people are smart these days. take a small team of people they can pretty much make anything military has. the only thing they cant produce is like aircraft and naval since those thing do cost too much.

for 20min ...

Woah did not expect to see you here Igor!

Do you not see the obvious advantages this has over a big ass dji??? Come on. I keep seeing the same kind of comment. Its like none of you watched the video at all and just came to run your mouths...

Tell me that the battery lasts at least 1 week, and I will be surprised

DJI mini 3 is far advanced than this but available at much cheaper retail price of 500$. Literally 400 times cheaper wrt retail price.. Mini 3 can shoot 4L HDR CMOS optical zoom 4X. Withstand 40 kmph wind speed. Battery life upto 50 minutes compared to 25 minutes here. Transmission length of video is 10 km compared to 1 km here. So much more. Only big thing about this is it's big price and Max profits. And it looks like mini helicopterer. Perhaps that choice was used to impress some old major general who thought it was impressive to look

Lmao it makes more sound than DJI mini 2 and 3. In every way it's worse than DJI

@@amit4Bihar nah its far less advanced but sure keep dreaming

stunning

We don't have "battles" Luke that anymore lol it's 2023 we have robots

Just another 100k

stupid military thought they knew drone tech , we are world ahead of them , the ppl will rise and abolish all tyrannical governments in less than 10 years !

Uuui😅

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 lol

Um,, yea! that is not a bad idea actualy. What does the soal of a I.S. solder cost these days? I mean we are spending millions to suvey them across the globe.

🤣🤣🤣👌🏻👌🏻😝

good one 🤣

That woukld have been a short iraqi war.

Not to mention the video keeps repeating the same obvious advantages of a tiny drone for 8 minutes comparing it to huge drones instead of comparing it to consumer drones.

@@kyrodes I couldn't watch the whole thing. Just kept repeating..

Reading the comments made me smile. I was scared if I said anything I'd immediately get the words tinfoil-hat thrown in my face. I have a drone roughly the size of a Canadian $1 coin that was part of the toy line for one of the Spider-Man movies a few years back no way home or far from home I forget which one. They were at Walmart roughly 20 or $30. The thing is so tiny it'll fit in the middle of the palm of your hand has four little propeller blades on it Waze virtually nothing I forget if the charge time is 10 or 20 minutes it has a camera on it which takes an SD card and can be synced up with your cell phone and controlled with your cell phone and likewise your cell phone can connect with the camera on the Drone if I understand how it works correctly. The one that I have I've never tried to charge it and use it ironically got it in a box of stuff that somebody threw out until I seen it I didn't realize they were that small and readily available. It's actually smaller than this drone ironically and the same principle. The Drone itself is actually not expensive if anybody is wondering it's that damn unit that they're using to control it and the charger that are expensive. The unit they're using to operate at ironically is nearly identical to something I have I have 5 Windows 7 military issue tablets when they come out for the military they were insanely expensive and eventually ended up going on The Chopping Block we're a bunch of them were bought by a garbage collection company and used by that company I grabbed a handful of them where somebody had ended up with them and lifted them on eBay I think I paid $20 each where the guy didn't realize what they were. There's basically almost no information on the damn things had a hell of a job to eventually find one with the original version of Windows 7 on it so I could get the drivers to redo the others. The ones that I got and originally somebody had installed a version of Linux that had gone bad. They run some weird version of Windows 7 simply doing a Windows reinstallation doesn't give you most of the drivers amd i couldn't find Wagner all about them on RU-vid or anywhere is to get information.. Usually they go for a round 200 each untested on eBay LOL. The ones that I got I paid 10 and $20 each where people didn't realize they were valuable and listed them cheaply. Been trying to find out where to get replacement charge volt battery packs. They're pretty much identical to the unit they show and the video operating the Drone if I remember correctly they were about 5 or 10 grand a piece when they came out new they kind of look like the Pep Boy that you see in Fallout. Quite a neat little unit. They've got Bluetooth Wi-Fi and so on. I don't think it's the Drone itself that's expensive I think it's the handheld unit that they're operating it with.

@@peterparker6584 the drone itself is probably *also* stupidly expensive, to be fair, but those ruggidized military tablets are the real price tag when they're new. Pretty darn durable, though, so there's that at least. The price tag on the actual drones themselves probably comes from A) the FLIR sensor on them, which even in the comsumer space is a few grand for something decent. B) the higher-grade GPS receiver they get rather then what a simple Recall/Find Home type you'd get on another commercial quad, C) Specialized battery chemistry to withstand abuse you wouldn't do to a DJI. That said, they probably cost less then $10k to make even accounting for small order numbers on specific parts which all require individual DOD approval because that's how militaries work.

@@DFX2KX I'd expect the software and the customized computing hardware in them to add significantly more to the cost than any other hardware part. You can spread that cost over millions of pieces, and testing and other quality assurance requirements aren't nearly as expensive to fulfil, for something like smart TVs or smart watches. When you can only expect to sell a few thousand pieces, that cost goes up a thousand times.

200 000 is the cost of developpement of this shit, the rest is corruption

That's why i think you should not pilot these type of drones but just point them towards where you want them and they on their own should be able to move there. So at that price they better come with some top notch software and additional sensors i presume.

@Tesla cult: Exactly. My neighbour just 100 metres away asked me I had found his child's toy helicopter (one of those 4 inch tiny toys), It had disappeared in a mild breeze towards my house. Ten years later I found it on my porch roof and returned it, albeit in pretty bad shape. Edit: i have a cheap chinese RC helicopter that can handle a slight breeze, came fitted with a camera that can take video and stills. Drawback is that all the data needs to be put onto a PC to be seen. This is an easy and cheap thing to fix for live video for soldiers...and mine has a range of about 1km.

Exactly. I have 2 one super cheap and the other a bit more expensive and the slightest breeze will ground them both. I could see this one doing well in an indoor environment though.

Yeah flying in wind definalty sucks... at that point u just hope that your gyro is good enough to keep it up...

This is a perfect example of capability that a military model might have (extremely fast software running thrust vectoring... plus whatever else it would need to defeat the wind) that you would NEVER see in a consumer drone.

Well duh thats what happens when you have and infinity budged paid with someone elses money. Like 330,000,000 taxed peasants. At 1$ a pop you got a free cool $330 million. Now 1$ a pop every week x 330 million. Thats $18.5 billion. Or 94,769 air hogs.. what does the DOD care how much they cost, they dont pay for them. Just like all the equipemt, arms, and tech they leave over seas. Rember folks... WAR IS A HIGHLY LUCRATIVE FOR MAJOR PROFIT BUSINESSES. PROFITABLE FOR EVERYONE BUT THE COMMON FOLK IT DESTROYS.

@@Ksshortyb And the crazy part is that the tax money doesn't come close to paying for what we spend. Most of it is just printed and deficit spent. Someday the hosue of cards will collapse, but until then, connected rich people are going to keep getting rich as hell off absurd contracts.

It's called greasing the wheels. I agree, they are experts at it.

The FLIR camera's probably most of it. Those things are freaking expensive even in consumer applications. That said, yeah, that's insanely pricey for what it is.

As a voted and ordained Secretary representing our Veterans and Community... I CARE. Been in pro RC since 1987. And I agree with your financial assessment. Btw taxpayer money is less than .2% of the budget. And YES. We ALL care. Cool factoid. I built my first mechanical flying bird when I was 6 yo. Thanks dad. Then became a fan of Futaba and Airtronics. Ancient RC now.... Gosh what would happen if you integrated satellite GPS? And better digital optics with micro servo technology. Like a tootsie pop, the world will never know....

I bet the large cost is just due to the night vision.

FLIR, custom silicon, military encryption, jamming countermeasures, rugged handheld unit, military certification, limited production runs, and to top it all off, the company also wants to make a profit. it all adds up.

@@protonjinx Yes, and then don't even start on the drone itself. A DJI drone is about 20x the weight, bigger footprint which means more noise...

Thats been done. It also has face recognition abilities.

It's not the mechanical parts that drive the cost up. It's the software and the custom computing hardware.

You have to add in the dealer mark up and inflation! And no trade in!

The price is the “palm greasing” you gotta do to get this contract in the first place. Everyone is completely corrupt.

Anything that is government supported gets market up massively because the manufacturers & service providers know that the government can waste & print taxpayer money endlessly. This is how the system is.

What about the kickbacks to the decison makers?

This thing is also extremely quiet. Is the hardware worth the price? Highly doubt it, but I don't think there is any kind of consumer grade drone that is as capable as this system in a warfare environment. Anything DJI makes would give away your position the moment you launched it.

@@Inertia888 I would have to disagree with your opinion on the sound, I fly both Copters and Quads, the sound comes from the motors and the air being disturbed by the prop(s), Quads make more sound because there's more of them, my Copters are a lower frequency because of the larger diameter Prop needed for lift, but they are easily heard 100 ft away. Note that NO VIDEO exists of the Drone flying with ambient sound... also the official Teledyne Website DOESN'T disclose Sound Signature it only says "Best in Class" you must write them to obtain that info.

@@Timinator62 Size makes a difference in its functional detectability though. It might make some noise, but because it's so tiny, it may still remain hidden for a while, especially in the dark. And that's assuming it's a dead silent environment to begin with. If there's heavy machinery operating nearby or aircraft taking off and landing, this could probably go completely unnoticed.

Is "FLIR" not enough written on your screen during the whole video to look it up on the internet and understand why just no?

@@tastyham Yeah so? I have a WiFi 4K Camera with IR that I took out of a $35.00 Security Camera on one of my mini Drones complete with 360 degree rotation. Glad YOU love the Government spending YOUR money.

Who knows the shit they have now. I killed a mosquito the other day and it burst into flames after hitting the floor. I’m starting to think it weren’t no mosquito…

@@ConfusedGeriatric LMFAO

Spot on.. We used to have to wait months for products or updates, now it's hard to keep up with the advancing software, tunes and flight controllers.

In consumer drone years, yes. In terms of (custom) chip manufacturing, not a lot changed. Electric motors, carbon fiber frames etc. have been around forever.

@@felix-dk9tr LOL.. You're a funny guy!

And problem whit DJI Mavic Mini is "made in China" Russia already using technology to try take out Ukrainian drone operators.. they can "see" where you take of/land and use artillery. for military then it cant been made in china..

They have technology to track this heli in china, don't fly this in china

There will be a copycat we can afford to for our kids.

@@johanandersson2165 so can this one using a universal frequency scanner

​@@nazahelbrum3318 Yes whit a directional antenna & scanner you can detect most things and in what direction but not exactly. been doing similar whit radio amateurs "Fox hunting" its a lot of running around, now try same things if they use military grade "frequency hopping" and Encryption.. its radio waves everywhere and witch one do you want to target? you can'y see what its does Encrypted and you'll don't know where because its mostly just static noise.

Microscopic

Absolute BULLSHIT! Name of the program? Just Googled your statement and you are SO FULL of it!

Bullshit.

They make you a cup of coffee now! But u need another drone for cream n sugar... 🤓

@@stewiepid4385 are you telling me you are too stupid to operate Google? Within seconds I learned that the CIA developed dragonfly (MUAVs) IN 1970!

Don't you know? Wars are only fought on non-windy days!

what about rainy days, snowy days, and normal nights?

@@JoeBlankenfeld we don't fight in no wind!

Of course it can, just look at small insects like bees, dragonflies etc

@@juicejordan06 have you ever flown a drone that small. It is even suggested to not fly in wind. Small winds alone can make flying them hard. That’s why they are suggested for indoor. Plus being small those things are loud once the blades get going.There’s no way those things are useful. And you’re comparing an insect which is built by Mother Nature to fly with tiny wings. Just because we can fly planes like a bird doesn’t mean we possess the same agility of a bird.

MCLB ALBANY GA here, yeah the waste and over pricing of certain things over the last 15 years is mind boggling to say the least.

@@jmathews470 yeah I guess we've both seen it first hand. Incredible indeed!

@@blakjack3053 yep and the majority of taxpayers are clueless.

@@blakjack3053 do you remember the defense contractor AeCom? They are the ones who were charging the marine corps like 2500$ for a bolt, 3700 for a mirror ect...back in 2005 or so.

@@jmathews470 I don't recall but we were dealing vendors that were frickin thieves!

They can’t, and they won’t.

Yea cause those desert wars sure are wet and windy

@@RealNaisuCinema deserts aren’t windy?

@@alphabeets if it gets windy there’s a sandstorm in which more than just the drone would be useless. How well can you see with sand blowing in your eyes?

@@alphabeets to answer your question there’s not much wind in the desert lol maybe a light breeze if you get lucky

Still pales to Ink Jet Ink

Life insurance on soldiers in combat is 200k Save 1 life pays for itself

How many lives have the Black Hornet saved so far? It has so many more functions in addition to be invisible for enemies troops, and armies are willing to keep it in their deposits.

Yeah,, Like Antman!

25 minutes battery. If they told me 1 week, at least, I might have been surprised.

Maybe it can fire little missiles or has a tiny particle beam weapon in it. 😅😂😂

The Drone itself is probably worth about $75... the rest would be the ai, encrypted data link, cameras, control equipment, and the night vision etc.

Its taxpayers money. Even if it costed $200 million, your tyrannical government would still happily buy it.

@@kekistaniattackhelicopter2242 You ever want to get mad look up the Sergeant York SPAAG debacle

And at considerable cost savings to you the consumer , plus a set of steak knives

After China steals the IP and counterfeits it.

@@FlyingHighInAC soooooo the thing is they probably produce most of this in China anyway and then upcharge the military by several thousand times

@@FlyingHighInAC they will stamp it out of plastic for 50 cents then do free shipping.

Price point, for sure. It's a huge mark-up. But we don't know what sensors are in it. It would not surprise me if it has some proximity sensor, can sense when it is too close to an object. I have been paying attention to this thing for years now, and I can only hope that one day before I die, I will be able to learn what the electronics and sensor layout is.

@@Inertia888 I guess you're avoiding buying one to take it apart and look inside...

I think it is a price per kit, not single drone. Also micro sensors are probably expensive af

@@DartTyler lol micro sensors aren't that expensive. 6 year year old is working on projects using arduino and micro sensors. Believe me this mini drone shown in the video is nothing more than wasting of tax payer money

More like astronomically expensive

Spin the blades faster in high wind derp

@@andrewb5894 yea true derp moment for you... get some experience and come back in 10 years kiddo

It wouldn't even make a good paperweight at the claimed 19 grams.

It might have AI balancing technology. Idk but I know the military isn’t stupid.

@@J3R3MI6 it's called a flight controller and even if it does, the single rotor still makes it useless.. "The military isn't stupid".... I suggest you do some reading my friend. Start with - Waste, Greed, and Fraud: The Business that Makes the World’s Greatest Army

It's a problem, but if insects can manage it, it probably isn't insurmountable....

Insects go where the wind blows them, then just go about their business wherever. Or do you imagine a beetle or butterfly will go exactly to a pre-determined point in even moderately strong gusts of wind?

@@stephanuhu963 Monarch butterflies all fly over 3,000 miles to Mexico every year. They are definitely affected by the weather as are jumbo jets, but I'm not sure how you can conclude that they "go where the wind blows them." That's nonsense....The insects obviously can't defeat hurricane winds, but then again neither can we. Is that the goal? I think there are more intelligent ways, and to be honest more realistic, and efficient ways to fool the enemy....My point is that if a honey bee can do it...so can we.

u ever been to the desert?

20 year pointless war that didn't benefit a single taxpayer. More of a training ground on how to drone bomb civilians. In the end, the Taliban was victorious & took control of billions in US weaponry.

No doubt t useful, glad your boys got to use those.

But the Ukraine conflict is completely different This is a non contact style of War where distance Drones and long range missiles are important

sure. a small breeze and your mini 2 is gone

Less than 4 inches should be good enough for anybody.

Is that a sponsored message?

My mini ia good in a little wind. I mean, i can use it at the beach fine. Carrying case is about the size of a pistol case. My gues is it goes maybe 25mph. The reaper is only used for personal recon. does it use AI tracking? It should cost ablut $500 tops. Way overpriced, thsts crazy

Yea surveillance equipment from a Chinese brand, that can be forced to hand over data to the government, that is just the right choice for the armed forces lol!

Yeah I agree with the stability issues, I have a bunch of "Drones" some small and some 2ft., I also have Helicopters some small JUST LIKE this, and the Helicopter is drastically effected by wind, a slight breeze blows it all over, the Prop spins so fast that it's actually like a Disk when the wind blows on it, tilt the prop toward the wind and 'Copter gets forced down, get the wind under the prop and the 'Copter wants to gain altitude and roll over, even with gyros to help stabilize. The Multi Rotors don't have this problem until the winds get to about 6 Knots.

Breeze problem I would hope for quarter million dollars the damn thing would fly. Oh well

It's for when they start killing people in the cities who don't comply. They have been already training for that type of warfare. It's not that windy in most cities

@@budkopach3163 Absolutely, it’s for use against United States citizens who don’t comply with the authority of the world economic forum.

Maybe not but I bet you would pay that to save a loved one.

@@jjw6342 that's right, instead of being wasted on this all that tax payer money embezzled by defence contractors could be used for cancer treatments or surgeries for people who can't afford it.

@@jjw6342 a loved ones life costs the government more than 195k. just 1

Thank you Mr. Chairman for your view

The cost also includes its battery, controls, encrypted data link, ai, patent, night vision, armor etc

@@vyros.3234 Ah! So all the money is going to the lawyers!

Yeah that makes sense. They showed a clip if the base charger hub and it looked like they dock themselves almost

@@Thisisnttravis The price is still a minimum of 10 to 1000 times what it should be.

Politicians bank accounts is what gets funded.

That's inflation for ya.

Thats true, I remember seeing videos on it. Hasn't changed at all but doubled in price. Gotta live that government spending.

@@1pcfred no, thats just typical wasteful government spending, inflation at 9% doesnt justify this drone more than doubling in price. I bet India doesn't pay that much for theirs.

@@torresalxndr 9% is just a made up number. I can tell you right now I'm paying a lot more than more than 9% for everything.

with flir and nightvision?

Everyone is now dumber for having read your comment, I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul

I would love to see the stuff they are working on today! I bet they have swarms of tiny little drones that are able to send data between one another. Imagine a swarm of tiny drones, all filled with some high explosive, all able to "see" though each other's cameras & sensors, and send all of that data back to central command.

1 death costs us more than 195k

If so... how much does it cost, it's not a matter of concern.. If it's extremely light, it means that can not afford the weather changes.. otherwise it's not a fatal weapon.. If it's perfect for spy. Satellites doing the missions already.

we dreamed about furbys and wrestling figures. if you were a kid dreaming about drones, u have no clue how amazing the tech really is

Yes indeed, it's a ridiculous price for something so close to a toy regardless of anything. No bullshit about "extra rugged", "water proof" or anything can convince me that 195 000 USD is anything near a reasonable price for this. I actually doubt that the cost is so high.

@@skunkjobb at one point there was tactical use for silly string so to make it military grade they made it over$100 a can with no marked improvements

reasons for being the number 1 economy. be quiet and take an economics course u dweeb

mylar discs with drops of wedgesish simulate blades way betetr thou

Lol too right

'Cuz you buy military-custom Norwegian drones for $20 at the mall.

@@dominicdelprincipe2583 Reading comprehension just isn't your thing, is it?

@@shoechew Thanks for the compliment!

It’s not good against any weather it’s only meant for short distance flight like looking over a wall

@@destiny.cookie You sure? It can be GPS guided. You don't need that to look over a wall.

That's brilliant.. It works out at $130 a second.... Cheap...🤣🤔🤯

it is