
Vector Hawk, a new "cannister" drone made by Lockheed Martin, will deploy to support U.S. maritime forces and can be reconfigured to take on different missions. The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office is investing $4.6 million in developing this small drone compact enough to fit into a backpack and be carried by a warfighter. In addition to launching via canister, this little drone can also be launched by hand.
Smart and autonomous, Vector Hawk can fly and land by itself even f the operator or ground station loses contact with the drone. The third version features vertical takeoff and landing and there is also a tilt-rotor version that gives it VTOL and then transitions into forward flight.
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