PD-100 Black Hornet

PD-100 Black Hornet is a small video camera equipped helicopter not more than 100 mm long, weighing less than 20 grams. It can be carried in your pocket and launched within seconds to give immediate situational awareness. This new ultra small aircrafts is a valuable tool in situations where a closer look at a hostile area or inside a contaminated building is crucial.

Operational Concept

Deployment
• Complete PD-100 System Carried by One Man
• Ready to Fly – In the Air Within One Minute
• Requires No Prepared Surface
• Stealth – Small and Quiet
• Reusable with Fly Home Capability
• Low Cost
• Easy to Fly, Requires Little Training

Missions
• Look Behind Objects
• Birds Eye View of Areas of Interest
• Visual Information in Urban Operations
• Reconnaissance Inside Buildings
• Hover and Stare
• Object Identification
• Target and Damage Assessment
• Deployment of Special Payload

System Specifications (preliminary)

A complete PD-100 Black Hornet System comprises:
• 3 x PD-100 aircrafts
• Controller w/ LCD display
• Transport Box w/ charger
• Weight 0.7 kg (3 aircrafts and a control unit)
• Volume 8 x 12 x 20 cm (whole system)

Optional equipment:
• Goggles
• Lap-top PC
• Solar-cell Charger

Aircraft and payload specifications:
• Please contact Prox Dynamics AS

Control panel specifications:
• 6” LCD Display
• Displays images from cameras
• Display flight status data
• Mission planning incl. maps
• Records all images and flight data
• Playback of recorded images
• PC connection / integration

Availability

The development has started:

Detailed specifications will be completed early in 2008.
Planned release of the first version PD-100 Black Hornet micro helicopter is in 2009.
Expected volume shipments to key customers in 2010.

Please contact Prox Dynamics for more details.

All specifications and descriptions are preliminary and can be changed during the development phase. Prox Dynamics AS take no responsibility for the use and/or interpretation of this information.