Black Hornet 4 Nano UAV - The Future of Battlefield Reconnaissance

[@Mohtellawi]

I don't know about your drones, but one thing I am sure of, you guys can make ads.

[@Kris-qn4bn]

Hell fucking yeah

[@xbm41]

8 armies uses them.....

[@Lift33d]

@@xbm41 serious?

[@jameskirk8983]

155:do you think of me?

[@generationrogue5329]

nope not realy lol boring af

[@musehtaicho]

"Low visual signature". Drone sneaks to the enemy position, followed by IFV and excavator.

[@dv2045]

yeah, really subtle

[@timelymedal1131]

lol

[@dc174]

@musehtaicho....😂🤣👍

[@euchreairgaming]

Well it's about maintaining surprise and then following up with speed and violence of action. A larger and louder quad drone could tip off an adversary that an assault is about to take place or that they're about to take IDF. Not that this wouldn't either. The modern soldier is now constantly on the lookout for drones, so obtaining surprise is more difficult even with the added SA.

[@qa38o54]

when stealth is optional

[@KyleKalevra]

I think I’ll have to add a tennis racket to my kit…

[@BicycleFunk]

shotgun

[@charlenetweaver2557]

Add three more! help boost morale, a good game of tennis

[@jimmyjames_yt]

🤭

[@lavatr8322]

Swat it 👀

[@dhinas9444]

when you see it, its too late. The promise here is lezz buzzing and hard to hit and hard to spot

[@amaanarain2774]

Uh oh, Deimos is tracking me

[@joshcampagnaro3905]

god tier comment

[@randyx3976]

a fellow siege player

[@DamianAI9]

1:51 This scene reminds me Dune Part One scene (Hunter Seeker Scene)

[@imperialbrixx3813]

Duuude i thought the same thing hahahahahahah

[@yestermonth]

Square building, Sand and a Copter.

[@play150]

They need to add a poison dart feature

[@breeze5440]

Hahahah yessss. Imagine this is the company that actually produces them in the year 10191

[@anthonyrepetto3474]

Same!

[@Barstool_cub_driver]

I was part of the NCO’s who tested this within PEO soldier at the asymmetric warfare group compound. This drone actually performed poorly against all the other drones I tested and created parameters for. The only reason the US Army ended up buying this was because it was the better of the two drones that were submitted for trials with the government procurement. It actually wasn’t even suppose to continue in the trails because we didn’t have the minimum of 4 required to complete it.

[@Magicman2727]

What were the other drones tested

[@trev.productions]

tbh a 1-2 inch FPV drone would be alot more suitable than these hornets in my opinion

[@Barstool_cub_driver]

@@Magicman2727 officially the “Snipe Nano” by Aero Environment. Unofficially, I was given a credit card and told to go to Best Buy and purchase every COS drone with every accessory possible. We ended up buying 5 of every drone. The total purchase came out to around $30k or so.

[@i.m.pressive]

for sure one mavic above the trenches would be a lot more effective and infomative

[@Sensorium19]

Thank you for the info. In your own experience what drone performs better in a similar role?

[@bald_agent_smith]

FLIR capability is actually crazy one. Imagine how it could highlight concealed targets in a matter of seconds.

[@JamesWitte]

combined with AR goggles to see through solid objects via multi angle FLIR cameras on microdrones projecting in 3d

[@HypeBeast764]

Yeah there's tons of drones that have FLIR and can also drop grenades. So this drone is probably going to not only cost more than those other drones but will also have less capabilities.

[@BrickedWall]

@@HypeBeast764 Those drones are also louder, bigger, and less manuverable.

[@Funkteon]

FLIR is the reason the US will never ever fight against a near-tier enemy such as Russia or China on a land-based battlefield. They are unwilling to withstand the personnel losses that occur when their enemy can see them in the pitch-black darkness of night behind thick foliage from 2km away (or more). The US and its allies will only ever engage in a land-based conflict with poverty-stricken nations who have little to zero access to FLIR technlogy and who also have zero ability to achieve air superiority. Even Desert Storm in the early 90s was a big gamble, and Iraq barely had any access to the search-and-destroy technologies the US and its allies had at the time. The last time the US went up against a near-tier enemy was in 1945...

[@aesthetic8780]

​@@BrickedWall Stop lying. You can have drones equipped with explosives that are quiet enough. Quiet enough to stalk soldiers in the middle of the night at a distance of 20 feet. This tiny drone from FLIR is ancient tech. It would only make sense for small groups of special forces for quick recon/overview.

[@panoptos4163]

Even the music screams dystopian hellscape. Lean in, I say.

[@dial0foroperator]

War is always a dystopian hellscape.

[@mariorossi9300]

I used the previous one as a civilian contractor, great tool on the field.

[@dopler3]

What for did you use it in civilian use?

[@mariorossi9300]

@@dopler3 urban recon, I obviously cannot say more due to NDAs and contract with the DoD, but my daily job is XR firearms training development, so you can draw your conclusions, stay safe!

[@Gear_labs]

What if it fall in mid river?

[@wardog5537]

​@@Gear_labsits ip65. So it can get wet

[@Funkteon]

@@mariorossi9300 FLIR is the reason the US will never ever fight against a near-tier enemy such as Russia or China on a land-based battlefield. They are unwilling to withstand the personnel losses that occur when their enemy can see them in the pitch-black darkness of night behind thick foliage from 2km away (or more). The US and its allies will only ever engage in a land-based conflict with poverty-stricken nations who have little to zero access to FLIR technlogy and who also have zero ability to achieve air superiority. Even Desert Storm in the early 90s was a big gamble, and Iraq barely had any access to the search-and-destroy technologies the US and its allies had at the time. The last time the US went up against a near-tier enemy was in 1945...

[@Canada-_]

$195,000 for the original version or like less then $2000 for a home built fpv or like 8-10k for a quadcopter able to use a dlsr, that shit better get me my coffee rub my feet and give me a handy

[@skyworm8006]

None of those compare to this in its niche. It clearly needs specific specs for that niche. I don't think any quadcopter, no matter the size, can do it as well. If you look at how they're using it in this video and how this style of drone has been used in war.

[@MrCshx]

​@@skyworm8006The spec ops need countermeasures against drones. Not these tiny expensive things. Hello, dude, we are living in a world where there are drones isn't exclusive things even for barefoot fighters with a rusty AK in their hands

[@globalelite3042]

exactly, drones are meant to be disposable because of the counters available to militaries

[@Oxide53115]

obviously they want something compact and an quadcopter wont fit in your pocket

[@Oxide53115]

@@MrCshx like what, what kind of counter measures can spec ops realitically carry with them that fits in a bag. This drone is meant for recon and gathering intel on enemies and is easily deployable nothing more than that

[@cptpropane]

feels like ads from MGS4 are finally becoming real ads. bravo Kojima

[@xxyy_6969]

This scary shit, I don't want to be a on battlefield with drones.

[@BicycleFunk]

too bad

[@RomanBorodukha]

Ukrainian do it everyday, we used this drone, this is amazing item

[@fightington]

the last thing you hear when your social credit score falls below the minimum level determined by your particular country's police-state

[@BicycleFunk]

in the US it is called a credit score

[@gabriel3888]

​@@BicycleFunk social credit score is one of the few Chinese ideas they didn't steal from anyone. And it shows.

[@BicycleFunk]

@@gabriel3888 no, they definitely got it from the US. And their surveillance system used to track peoples social credit scores live is called Skynet. So they got that from us too. The US is a good and bad influence on the world.

[@mike4402]

@@BicycleFunk credit score is used by private companies to determine if you are trustworthy to loan money to. Not the same thing at all.

[@BicycleFunk]

@@mike4402 right and if you come on bad times, make a mistake, or try and cheat - you are punished. This is the same thing with the social credit score, although theoretically, it won't punish you for falling on bad times or making mistakes. So I guess the credit score is even worse than a social credit score when you think about it.

[@hundredfireify]

I wish they put more emphasis on the noise reduction. Hearing a sample of the noise with realistic background noise would help. It's probably one of the biggest drawbacks for using UAS on the field, and just saying "undistinguishable from background noise at 25 meters" doesn't help much.

[@sexsex-g3s]

We really got Deimos IRL before GTA6

[@pedgarage]

Damn Crypto playing with his drone instead of pushing with his team

[@kiktik2413]

fr

[@BicycleFunk]

A drone operator is the new doctrine. In fact, it has always been normal to have someone outside of direct combat to make calls. To let your ego get in the way of strategy will only result in death.

[@Condor1970]

They're also working on a version that can hold a single 357 magnum cartridge, and detonate point blank, if a high priority target is spotted.

[@a.c.e7407]

I mean, if you want to engage targets with a drone, you shouldn't be using sth like this. You'd want a much bigger drone that can fly around fast with an AR15 mount. At the moment, they're not very worthwhile because if you're engaging targets then they are aware of the drone and that's bad because: a) To shoot you need to stay stationary, which gives the enemy ample time to shoot it down. b) It would then have to move around constantly to avoid being shot down, but would pay for it with much lower accuracy, and for a device that would barely hold 60 rounds, it's not going to be of much help. Also, these would be worth hundreds of dollars which is way too expensive for a risky elimination. It's not that incognito, it's just hard to spot if you're fighting others and your focus is somewhere else. It's still quite easy to see close range.

[@Condor1970]

@a.c.e7407 ...The problem with any drone that carriers a large weapon is that it's also very large and very loud. This little guy is designed so it can literally fly inside buildings, and it is quiet enough that you can not hear it until it's right on top of you. It's a surveillance drone, which will be given the ability to attack and eliminate a single high priority target if discovered. The cost is well worth it when you can take out a division commander visiting his troops or in a meeting near the battlefield.

[@AntonDVasiliev-ss1ie]

micro kamikaze drone? i feel like i've seen something like that but i forgot where

[@WalterSobchak91]

@@AntonDVasiliev-ss1ie Yeah i would think maybe a tiny grenade or something

[@echo3568]

That would be cool

[@TheWizardGamez]

30 minutes of flight time is probably the most impressive part of this whole package.

[@Summitic]

1:28 I showed this video to the wasps in my balcony, they became black hornets!

[@TheGrrson]

Damn. Once the battery life improves to a certain point, hundreds of these things will just be constantly loitering over the battlefield in swarms. Are we going to see lil mini anti-drone drones soon?

[@ASkippingRock]

Like a flock of explosive starlings.

[@a.c.e7407]

It's too expensive for a swarm like that. I get that it will be overkill on the field and just kamikaze its way to enemy operators, but that's a few dozen Ks. If you take out everything besides a camera for locking to targets, it's still quite expensive and with its size it's not going to be able to carry any lethal payload either. If you're going to use swarms of drones to engage targets, then just make bigger drones with mounted guns, and have them just fly over enemies to shoot them down, and since there're many of them they won't get a chance to stand and shoot them down.

[@timbonator1]

i mean 30 minutes a battery is in comparison to fpv drones a lot.

[@tiutran2610]

We did have them tho, the conflict between R vs U you see alot of them, when 1 doesn't neutralize the target another will come shortly, think of them as mini cruise missile.

[@navaneeths4335]

Who's this ad for?😭

[@DiogenDogg]

For taxpayers

[@Ali-313-14]

Video games got so crazy that i thought that this was a video game for 30 seconds.

[@szymonziolkowski5967]

Looks like a awesome technological advanced RC helicopter. Cool 😎😊♥️

[@a.c.e7407]

It is hehe.

[@redoberon]

"Increase operational tempo" Lt. Col. Ferrando liked this

[@einsamerkeks5977]

What game is this? Graphics look hella realistic. Jokes aside. The quality of this is insane.

[@xSavedSoulx]

Metal Gear Solid 4.

[@Legion004]

@@xSavedSoulx Was going to say. Those days are fast approaching.

[@starkillerdvl007]

I have experience with this drone in Large scale and small scale military operation. It is very intuitive and versatile. However, its practicality is limited to a great number of variables on the battlefield. Connectivity, maneuverability, and battery life are major issues that this platform has to overcome before it should be implemented further.

[@Octansishere]

bro this is literly like one of those small recon drones in advanced warfare where i though that would only be sci fi but damn you guys made it real

[@mane0ne]

You thought a small drone was science fiction?

[@viliussmproductions]

They gave this thing a video game trailer for an ad, but thinking back to how this would have looked some year ago, it deserves one.

[@EvropeanEmpireEU]

0:32 Why not have cameras on all 4 sides of the drone? For example in this scenario you would have missed an enemy who is hiding at the right side, because the drone is only looking forward.

[@JLHack7]

Aerodynamics play a huge part when trying to build for battery life. The streamlined design makes flying more efficient. The less work a drone has to do to get around, the longer the battery will last.

[@natronna]

U can rotate right

[@F3PIZZA]

I remember seeing the first one and how magical it felt. What is SR publicly flying?

[@radkovskyy]

Anybody with some experience of flying should immediately think what windy conditions would do to it

[@wardog5537]

It can fly in winds up to 25 knots, and its a small drone meant to be low to the ground, not like a bigger drone where the concealment factor is only able to be used by hiding in clouds.

[@caphillres]

You mean the 25kt wind resistance?

[@TheDeathCap]

I think he missed the part about the 25 knots wind resistance, in case others haven't pointed it out

[@dial0foroperator]

Or a tennis racket. Or a bunch of threads shot out of a shotgun. &c

[@shogunpug4071]

25 knots mentioned and also who the hell would deploy it in a terrible windy condition. Also, in life and death situations. Fuck the wind, we need eyes and we're gonna get them. Either you use it or die without even trying

[@arattactician5697]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@OttoPolitics]

01:53 Sardaukar Hunter-seeker right there

[@kjvelarde]

The sound emitted by that drone is damn good

[@Robert-cd5zr]

Finally, a black hornet that's not just terrible.

[@averywyatt-luth1642]

Now you just gotta add a speaker to it so it can create a noise loud enough to cover the footsteps of advancing troops

[@cadmanfox]

If it's louder than the troops, would it not give away their position even easier? 💀

[@doctorthraxmc]

Next step is relaying his information to the soldier at an individual level with something like transparent VR glasses

[@Holems1]

Already got these, they’re pretty neat, great for room and trench clearing.

[@normantanaka3673]

If there’s an ad for this, imagine the stuff that aren’t shared lol. Fly/bee sized drones.

[@QueenJerhonda]

Damn that little thing is crazy. Back in the 07 -08 our teams used the Raven and we thought that was high speed

[@elmersglue8723]

We still have a raven in our arms room to this day

[@donspecter]

Seems like sometimes cool ads and videos are all these companies have. Can you mass produce this?

[@_ezra6217]

Imagine the day there is a universal software the communicates enemy positions back to the end user and it can be shown on a HUD.

[@selitra_records]

R6 operators inspiring irl technologies, what a world we live in..

[@vonleiningen]

Ahhh... **cracks open beer** Mankind's true nature. **sip**

[@seancollins5769]

Which Teledyne FLIR office works on this program? I want to apply!

[@Randomactivities2.0]

Can we get some balloon based drone carriers? Add a stitching frame to the balloon to make the desired shape for aerodynamics with a little propulsion system and you could have decent observation and weapons platforms.

[@syntheticbone]

Insane price

[@wolfstadt_]

its an advertisement for the ukrainian military, not for us buddy

[@hebedabber2770]

​@@wolfstadt_ That's the problem. Tools for zog but not for us.

[@obtuseguru7259]

crazy how a small drone like that costs more than a porsche 911, how are they supposed to compete with 10k-20k drones? this people are delusional

[@Oxide53115]

@@obtuseguru7259 its more compact which is better for special forces they dont want to lug around an drone that takes the size of an backpack

[@jonathanj.3695]

Meanwhile, the Army just uses loud ass airplane sized drones to "quietly" gather recon.

[@centurionK8]

u guys know what the tiny rope that hangs from the drone is???

[@Okanoggin]

Antenna

[@Holleaux]

Every day we get closer and closer to the Ghost Recon Future Soldier game.

[@remarkabley4119]

What's with the cable under the drone?

[@_Crasher106_]

Since when are Deimos drones a thing irl?

[@artigo9577]

Хорошо сняли!

[@tristanjoshuaalba1316]

when's the game coming out?

[@KingKong_CH]

I need to reconnaissance my hot neighbor

[@dzikieswinie]

China can make a drone like that for $50, not $195,000. Oh man, that Nordic overpricing...

[@himanshut114]

😂😂😂😂😂 1:14 true 1:18

[@Funkteon]

@@himanshut114It's running a 2,500mAh pouch cell to power an $2,000USD FLIR camera (Model: COIN612/R - available from a company called 'Global Sensor Technology'). The asking price on this thing is approximately 8,000-10,000% (80-100x) mark-up... They charge what they do because the DoD can write blank cheques. I guarantee you that a Chinese manufacturer could achieve 80% of it's capabilities at 1/50th the cost. There's nothing in this thing that can't be achieved with a soldering iron and around $2,000 USD budget for a FLIR camera and encrypted 5gHz transmission tech. I've seen the prior two models up close in person, and as an RC person with a lot of experience with such kit, it ain't impressing me. Even the horizon-levelling tech in the video feed was done by Parrot back in 2014 with the Bebop drone via clever XYZ gyroscope/accelerometer feedback programming and a fisheye lens. The DJI Avata uses exactly the same tech to provide a horizon-levelled video feed without the need of a 3-axis gimbal.

[@Why_not1101]

Because I got the chinese one and it sucks. And it’s $115. It can’t fly. Flew it once and it broke. You sound stupid.

[@aob7808]

Overpricing is typically American. Nordics don't have that hubris

[@jimmyjames_yt]

How is it legitimately worth 195,000. I could probably make it myself for less

[@souswodaem1]

can we talk about how this video is actually in ultrawide, and they didn't add black bars to it.

[@jPaulSmith1994]

This is sick honestly

[@priestofemroy1748]

Imagine sitting in your trench and a fucking armored excavator shows up

[@ghehanallfat]

yes, we literally make an ads about people killing each other in it.

[@a.c.e7407]

Well, no. It's a recon drone to help avoid unnecessary casualties. Those other guys will die either way.

[@amduck]

@@a.c.e7407 haha oh ya. that totally important we've ignored over the last 70 years of modern warfare.

[@officialProf]

right, where do I buy stocks

[@MS-wz9jm]

While old mate is getting out his little toy drone, the squad stacked up has been eliminated by FPV drones.

[@UrbanSasquatch]

This is the most sexiest advertisement I’ve ever seen 🔥🔥🔥

[@Jrbdhome]

Thanks video 😊

[@moritzwassmann1496]

This little fella has been around for a while now , nearly a decade.

[@_R_E_D_A_C_T_E_D_]

BH2 and 3 yes but not BH4. which is greatly improved over BH3

[@texasrigged5875]

Now who makes drone scramblers ?

[@peppis3408]

Everyone was worried he will go down by a sniper shot, now everyone's worried about going out hearing "WHIZZZZ"...

[@DaQuinias808]

When this game coming out tho??

[@Frilabird]

They finally upgraded the camera

[@carbon4454]

Is the Magnum included?

[@fpvcef]

0:40 looks like gyroflow stabilization clipping in.

[@meee175]

I need a dozen of these things.

can we talk about how family guy predicted this in the episode where the army is hunting homer, and he goes to home

[@MrCyberiad1]

the first hunter-seeker has arrived

[@SO-Negative]

Has tiny flying drone, flies it on eye height level instead of going up for better view and concealment.

[@GodPresidentReagan]

Having something like this in a videogame would be powerful. Now imagine real life wars... i see you but you cant see me 😰

[@EvelynKarlin]

There's something similar in Sniper Ghost Warrior 3. It doesn't look anywhere near the same, but the same concept. A recon drone. Hell, I guess Star Wars Battlefront had this with the sniper class's scout drone.

[@onemanbandbrady]

A TEAM AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS INTO RESCUE MISSION AND FAST IMEDIATLY ACTION TO EXTRACT HOSTAGES AND SECURE AREA ALSO PLACE TRAPS FOR ENEMY FORCES

[@subhajitkarmakar291]

Ummm... is it available on Amazon?

[@ThingEngineer]

Not bad, is it on the DJI store yet?

[@noahkoelwyn7961]

excited for this new siege operator

[@patwhw]

Ser riktigt bra ut!

[@Plinky-vl4lv]

I first thought this will be a movie or something but it’s real!

[@montramedia]

might be crazy but if you guys were able to make them explode youd really have something on your hands.

[@GIBStudios712]

If we are just now hearing about it this was operational 25 years ago

[@DoryAbelman]

This ad was like a hollywood movie

[@minecraftplatinumman]

ive used the old one the collision avoidance is gonna be big will be interesting to see ho long the battery life is that was a big down fall of the last one also if its water proof or at least ipx rated. the last one was not

[@4KScenicViews]

This video is incredible.

[@wessiestam]

deimos irl crazy

[@mamacoffeecat5542]

It's a hunter-seeker. I mustn't breathe. I mustn't move. I mustn't let your heart beat too hard lest it hear me.

[@ByDav1Zz]

You've been having these 5 years ago for sure

[@MrRawrgers]

where is the attachable bayonet?

[@AlaiasAlias]

Disclaimer: not functional during heavy rain or strong wind weathers

[@gigawattbeehot0913]

Fascinating 💙❤🗽

[@MarbDeWcEend]

Did I notice correctly that this is a super realistic 3d render? I saw some imperfections that look a lot like 3d render things. Could be that im just trippin

[@tonyk9162]

am i allowed to attach an rpg projectile to this?

[@echo3568]

Honestly if you can increase its flight time and range then that would be the perfect covert uav

[@MyReiners]

I do not how the reception is in concrete or steel construction, if great it could also be used for confined rescue and confined work areas

[@johnlucas6683]

For humanitarian missions like search and rescue, I think this might be easier. Could just have some signal relay point or another drone that maybe can be used as relay or booster.

[@Funkteon]

It's an encrypted 5Ghz transitter running at high power for short periods, so it'll go through walls okay-ish up to about 100m - Their claim of 2km is for open fields only...

[@burkales]

рой дронов с взрывчаткой - вот будущее, этот скорее для поисковых работ подойдет в труднодоступных местах

[@theterminaldave]

Biggest issue is the hand deployment. Make it so it deploys from a box that you wear.

[@Noxelius]

omg nice. please make one that is resistant to high temperatures. something like this would be great for firefighters to have while searching for people in buildings. wouldn't need to be so stealthy of course.