NAL to organize Micro Air Vehicles demo For US

Aviation news journal 'Flight Global' reports that India's National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) is going to organize demonstrations for Micro Air Vehicles in an Uban Environment in March 2008.
Micro Air Vehicles (MAV) are a new breed of remotely controlled aircraft (UAV) that are significantly smaller than similar craft obtainable with the current state of the art. The target dimension for MAVs today is approximately six inches (15 centimeters) and development of insect-size aircraft is reportedly expected in the near future. Potential military use is one of the driving factors.
Proposed demonstrators would be test flown at a six-day event planned for March 2008. The goal is to identify technology shortfalls that must be overcome to achieve these capabilities, as well as commercial off-the-shelf components that are applicable to urban-environment MAVs.
Three types of MAVs are under investigation. Airplane-like fixed wing model, bird- or insect- like ornithopter (flapping wing) model, and helicopter-like rotating wing model.
23/04/07 India Defence

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