The latest Pd-100 Black Hornet 3, which FLIR Systems also calls the Personal Reconnaissance System (PRS), weighs less than a tenth of a pound and is just under seven inches long. The complete system comes with a docking station for two drones that keeps them protected when not in use, as well as a hand-held touchscreen device and a controller.
The most obvious difference between the Black Hornet Nano and traditional UAVs like the Global Hawk, MQ-9 Reaper, and new Loyal Wingman, is the size. Prox Dynamics AS, the Norwegian company responsible for creating the Black Hornet, made it its mission "to develop, produce and sell the world’s smallest and most advanced" UAV. At just over the size of a soldier's finger, the miniature unmanned helicopter seems to have delivered on that promise.
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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...
A DJI mini 2 can do pretty much the same thing for $200, gotta love that government pricing 😂
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
Regardless of how advanced this thing is, there is no way the production costs justify the price
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🤣
I got a drone from Costco that was $39. It flies very well and can take very nice videos.
I build fpv drones and just built one which is 3" diagonally, although its a Quadcopter it still weights 97g and cost me $200 to build (just the drone itself, transmitter cost and fpv goggles not included). And yea it pretty much can do 2.5+km
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.
I could see this being $10k plus, even up to 20k, if the thermal, video and stills (of course not shown here) are as good as they claim. No way 195k per unit is justified.
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...
I laughed so hard when he said "ONLY $195,000 for each black hornet" then compared it to the reaper at 16 million to make it seem cheap .. Insane way our taxes go bye bye
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.
That's highway robbery 195000... insane
For 190k you could get 390 DJI Mini 2 swarming around your enemies. 😀
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...
$195k for that!!! Biggest scam on the planet!
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.
Just saw a video on the Reaper drone and now this Black Hornet drone too... drones get all the badass names
Soldier: Flying it into the building Enemy: slap it to the ground with left hands and now know the enemy is close
$195,000 EACH - seriously?!? 🙄 they seem great and must be really useful in a warzone, but a Hi Spec tiny commercial drone with a camera costs less than $2,000. Add a fancy but tough monitor and software, let's say $5,000. This is exactly why military equipment is so expensive, the price of everything is ridiculously inflated and the taxpayer just has to bend over and take it right up were the Sun don't shine. You can imagine the Contractor's sales pitch : "Compared to a multi-million dollar long distance missile carrying drone, these are very cheap!" 🙄 ...as the Govt officials count thier latest bribes, er, I mean 'consultant fees'.
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.
or just ask the enemy squad if they surrender for 5 000 $ each
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 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.
reduce the cost, put a firing mechanism on it, and you have that one horror short film come to life.
Thats been done. It also has face recognition abilities.
I would think a collective pitch heli would be more practical. Especially in high winds. Although it takes a couple more servos, they don't take much power to operate. Like the Trex DFC 150. Even at a lower head speed than needed for stunts, It could carry a battery big enough for the same flight times and be MUCH faster and agile. These fixed pitch helis are for beginners and just can't handle much. I would be interested in taking the components from one of these and fitting them in a 130mm micro heli. Then do a comparison of flight times and such.
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😅
"Powered by very small rechargeable battery DeSigNeD to rotate both horizontal and vertical rotors" - WOOOW, such a unique design! Rechargeable? Amazing! Both rotors at the same time? Impossibly advanced! Definitely worth 200K!
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
The only remarkable feature of this item is it's price-tag. Any cheap hobby helo or quad can be simply modified to extend operational range by GPS or operate within 1000M line of sight.
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 KZhead 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 $10k to make even accounting for small order numbers on specific parts which all require individual DOD approval because that's how militaries work.
@@DFX2KX I'd expect the software and the customized computing hardware in them to add significantly more to the cost than any other hardware part. You can spread that cost over millions of pieces, and testing and other quality assurance requirements aren't nearly as expensive to fulfil, for something like smart TVs or smart watches. When you can only expect to sell a few thousand pieces, that cost goes up a thousand times.
A friend of mine in the US military got to use one of these and what puts this drone above the rest is the optics in such a small package. He says the optics are insane, especially the night vision.
So the updated versions include night vision too? What about IR? Both of those features wouldn't be so hard to include with todays technology. Maybe the price could be adjusted down a bit too.
These things will not last very long but if you are behind a wall or in a trench and need to see where the enemy is so you can make plans of attack, they will do exactly what you need them to do for as long as you need them to do it. After the battle is over, if it was not brought back before the battle starts, if its location is tracked when used, it can be recovered and reused if not destroyed during the battle.
We don't have "battles" Luke that anymore lol it's 2023 we have robots
DoD contractors know how to work the contracting system very well.
Well duh thats what happens when you have and infinity budged paid with someone elses money. Like 330,000,000 taxed peasants. At 1$ 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.
It has amazing capabilities considering its size (3 cameras, including FLIR and night vision is impressive) but the price is ridiculous. I'd be surprised if it costs the company more than 5% of what they sell it for. But it's taxpayers money so nobody cares.
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...
I would be more likely to believe that a $195,000 'unit' would consist of a working system with everything you need to make it work as shown here with perhaps 8 of those flying camera drones that pop up for use. The video portends that each of those little drones are $195k and I can't believe that.
200 000 is the cost of developpement of this shit, the rest is corruption
This thing can definitely carry a fire cracker
Back in high school I joined a science program in Australia and the military also visited, they showed us the drones and explained everything in detail, I had one in my hand and also the control panel and everything, it’s truly amazing. But I’m quite sure it’s not that expensive. I remember being shocked at how expensive the carbon rotors were, I think it was over a thousand dollars or so. But no way does that cost 200k, never ever, I would’ve remembered that.
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?
A small drone seems like a good idea, but ask anyone into RC aircraft what its like trying to pilot a tiny drone in the wind.
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.
Fabulous developments in a short time in this sector and for sure, it is the future of war; but when the unit cost is down to less than $25,000 each - then they'll be everywhere.
How long is power extension cord from outlet come with black hornet 🐝?
Somebody is getting a serious kickbacks for this
Except for the size, a $1000 DJI Mavic seems just as capable with more range.
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.
Can someone please identify and share the details of the conference that is shown at 7:09? Thanks.
So much better than packing around that old Raven all day 😂😂
This thing was developed in 2012. That means it's prehistoric in drone-years and completely obsolete imo.
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!
$195,000 for that?! I can believe it. When I worked at the Marine Corps logistics base (MCLB) Yermo Annex in Barstow Ca, in the tactical radar and navigation systems dept, I needed to replace a 19 pin computer terminal cover or "block". The vendor I ordered the part from charged the Base $2,000 for the small plastic part...that's just wrong yo!
MCLB ALBANY GA here, yeah the waste and over pricing of certain things over the last 15 years is mind boggling to say the least.
@@jmathews470 yeah I guess we've both seen it first hand. Incredible indeed!
@@blakjack3053 yep and the majority of taxpayers are clueless.
@@blakjack3053 do you remember the defense contractor AeCom? They are the ones who were charging the marine corps like 2500$ 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!
This drone was shown a few times on Apple TV's show Echo 3 from Academy Award winning creator, Mark Boal (Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) and starring Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman and Jessica Ann Collins.
With a little tweaking they could add a single round say, 25 cal. to it to take out single targets or even multiple targets in a "Swarm" .
Being so small I can’t imagine you’d be able to fly it during light windy days, let alone really windy days.
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.
I’d like to see these units fly in strong winds and wet conditions.
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
Thank you Principal Skinner for the narration.
I read about this drone years ago. I wandered into some old guys garage and right next to this old corvette was a whole bunch of documents about all kinds of cool shit
I remember reading about intense competition by a number of developers in Silicon Valley who were pushing the limits of drone miniaturization. They had already pushed it pretty far. They were getting down to the size of small bugs, like flies, ants and fleas. New developments and progress were moving along rapidly. That was way back in the 1980s. I can't even imagine what they must have developed by now.
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!
These specs were mind boggling 14 years ago when doing R&D on this. The Mavic Mini was released 8 years later... an eternity in technology.
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.
You could make it the size of a hand alowing you to add more well still having the advantages of irs small size
So, it got no thermal imaging, 1km range, got a max endurance of 25 mins. Unless this thing is entirely made of magical alien space metal, I find it really hard to justify the price tag
Kind of cool, and maybe a great way to help finding combatants and civilians hiding in a warzone that troops may need to enter. But, with all the info in this video being public, knowing the battery capacity and flight times, it wouldn't be to tough, if you spotted the drone, to know you have incoming people withing a certain radius
I was expecting the cost of a average car but 200k?! For that much, it better find it's target then expand into a full size helicopter and crushes the enemy.
Yeah,, Like Antman!
25 minutes battery. If they told me 1 week, at least, I might have been surprised.
How many per hour is the speed?
perfect,amazing
Impressed with how many words you’ve used for telling us ‘it has a camera’
195000$for 16grams one of the most expensive things on earth
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.
$195K per unit? = $190K to buy the military bureaucrats, $5K to build the drone.
what mos is this ?
The price must be an initial outlay for the first shipment which usually includes rolled-in RnD costs and production start-up. If that is actually the cost of the unit according to material and production costs alone, then not all of the money is actually going to the drone. Wonder what else is getting funded? This is starting to sound like a $5000 screwdriver.
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.
First thing it does is allow the owner to feel buyers remorse!
This thing is so smooth.
the price tag is absolutely hilarious😂😂
Seems a bit expensive, even for our military budget. I can see how it could be very useful though. The open rotors give me some pause as they can be a vulnerability in tight spaces should it accidentally strike something.
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
As someone who operates from the drone industry. I can tell you that this thing is no more than a big fat joke.. Single rotor uav's are extremely hampered by wind and other elements. This thing would topple over in less than a 10mph wind and become useless. That paired with the minimal flight time and flight control system make this thing nothing more than a high dollar paper weight.
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
6:58 at $195K per unit, they still need to use $1 tape to keep the battery in place :)
I used the BH nano in Afgan, not a bad bit of kit.
This looks like a little toy my son got at a gas station All seriousness though, it looks like an amazing tool, but that price point feels *insane* Still, I guess that trillion dollar military budget has to go somewhere, and it sure isn't salaries for enlisted soldiers xD
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
I guess this means that if somebody starts making such drones for under 5K, they will have huge success. Regardless, at 16grams of weight and being so small, it looks to be useless with a moderate breeze.
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.
A nice piece of kit, save lives
Wow!! I love it... I wish to have this Drone
If anybody's flown remote control helicopters you know this is too small to fly outside without the wind taking it, it's too light.
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?
Answer to the title: Put us even further in debt I do know the military needs good equipment but I am certain much of it is vastly overpriced.
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
It can do amazing things in formations of 5-7 drones, such as being sold to the U.S. Army to acquire funds for the purchase of 1 Bayraktar.
That's a gourmet of a drone 🥵
And thanks to two engineers who worked on the development of this fabulous drone, you can have that Military technology not for half the price, not even a third, you can get it for $99.99 plus shipping.
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.
I'd still end up driving it right into a ceiling fan. I'd try to recover it on the rebound and would end up crashing it into the nearest toilet. $195,000 or $19 at the mall, mine would be broken within 15 seconds of putting in the batteries.
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!
Cost effective?
$195,000 for a single mini drone kit? That has to be wrong
They need an auto deployment version that automatically finds enemy weapon noises gets close and reports enemy locations to the squad and commanders. Then we wouldn't have to try and argue for fire support by guessing how big the fighting force is. Maybe have a pilot at base but ground troops deploy and maintain them.
Comparing the hornet drone to Reaper drone is like comparing a boat with a cargo ship, yes they both are used for tranport but the scale is very different, and so the price comparison is also not relevant. They don't replace each other, they have their own use cases.
Them are now a part of a company you may know. FLIR. And their divsjon. FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems AS
US government: "Lamborghini or toy helicopter? Hmm... Toy helicopter"
Last time (as in a year ago) it was an $80,000 drone with the exact same capabilities as this one that is now over double the price. The capabilities of this drone are still that of a sub $500 drone I can buy on the internet right now.
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?
Big may not always mean better. Small drones definitely have its advantages! Take the Mini 2 for example, it's size makes it the most travel-friendly drone compared to all other camera drones.
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!
What about swash plate servo motor 🤔
How fast is it?
There’s absolutely no justification for that cost
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
We had quite a few of these in my platoon in Afghanistan. My operators flew them ahead of our dismount to give us a birdseye view of whats behind walls and beyond the next house.
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
Dron name ??
I need to get into the military drone business 😂
I think a lot of the cost would go into the software to run the thing, they didn't go too indepth with the features on the software side but it would have to be capable of secure communication back to its terminal preferably without being able to trace, if it used the standard radio frequency control system with most drones the enemy would be able to pinpoint exactly where it was being controlled from. I'm also curious to know how it would hold up with a light breeze, light might be good sometimes but not in all weather conditions.
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.
I wonder how fast "stormy winds" are exactly. I wonder what happens to the max 25 minutes fly time in "stormy winds". I don't put my Mini 2 up in anything over 11 mph winds because it gets a little stressful. I'd still love to play around with one of these.
that'll be only 195K usd
@@hukutoca Its the way they can tell are spending in army at least 2% of GDP
Nano technology is the future. Imagine micro killer drones that you can't even see.
Climb into your blood stream and cut up your Heart Valves?
Would EMP technology be able to theoretically disable such a drone?
As kids we used to fantasise about things like bug sized drones. What an amazing technology 👏
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
All I know this tiny drone can suck military budget very well. Good job! You need as much as more of this things. Make it for every marine squad.
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
How is the battery life
"What can a Black Hornet drone do?" It can cost a lot of money! I get it, it's a small drone with a camera.
195K for a 200 dollar drone great deal
25 minutes of endurance for that tiny thing is impressive
That's brilliant.. It works out at $130 a second.... Cheap...🤣🤔🤯
why is there a wire trailing behind the drone? What is the length of this tether? Doesn't this seriously limit its usefulness?
It is the antenna... Not a wire
So if the enemy sees this thing they know your within a 1000 yards!! Loll. Yes it would be tough too see but still using it in hallways would be a dead give away
Incredible!!! They had multiplied the value of gold!!!
Everyone is now dumber for having read your comment, I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul
In concept, it's quite interesting. The functions it's capable of, but they're not saying, are probably even more interesting, and frightening. It is amusing how they frame it up as a cost savings though. I'm sure there is more then one gov't official (technically not) financially connected to the manufacturer.
Can it withstand the hard wind blows?
Interesting video! One of these video systems on every traffic light controlled, intersection, and no more excuses for bad accidents. Also the demand for micro chips just went way up!
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.