A prototype of a hover bike that delivers supplies to soldiers within 30 minutes as "battlefield Amazon" completed

The American Army Research Institute is developing a quad-cotter type hover bike aimed at delivering supplies within 30 minutes from the soldier's request at the battlefield, and the state of the prototype flight test is contained in the movie I will.

Army flies 'hoverbike' prototype | Article | The United States Army
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"Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle (JTARV)" being developed by the US Army Research Institute has been developed with the aim of delivering goods within 30 minutes by unmanned flight in response to a soldier away from the supply line Hover bike. You can see the actual flight test being done from the following movie.

Army flies hoverbike prototype - YouTube


This is the prototype of the new type hover bike "JTARV". At first glance it looks just like a common drones are flying ... ...


As people standing next to each other, you can see that a human being is a huge drone that one can lie down.


The US Secretary of Defense Secretary's official also visited the flight test tour and said, "I want to quickly find out what is feasible in the latest technology and quickly find a way to put it on the scene." .


Small prototype flight tests are also done before.


JTARV is not going to put people on, but is planned to be used to supply supplies to soldiers based on the concept of "battlefield Amazon", and it will be low thrust to several thousand feet (several hundred meters) at a speed of 60 miles per hour (96.5 km / h) It is supposed to fly altitude. Although the prototype is an electric motor, it is also under consideration to improve the hybrid machine which can drastically increase the distance. The research team is continuing to develop "to increase the maximum load capacity to 800 pounds (about 363 kg) and extend the longest flight distance to 125 miles (about 200 kilometers)".

We are also exploring advanced navigation systems and mission planning systems that can be installed in JTARV, and we are about to complete a near future hover bike that flies to the battlefield by automatic flight in response to soldier's request.