Black Hornet 4 Nano UAV - The Future of Battlefield Reconnaissance

The Black Hornet 4 swiftly provides situational awareness and enhances soldier effectiveness while reducing cognitive strain. With a high-res Thermal Imager, low-light EO camera, and advanced Software-Defined Radio (SDR) datalink, it's a game-changer.
Upgraded flight performance, AI capabilities, and mission-critical insights make the Black Hornet 4 the ultimate tool for dismounted soldiers in the field.

[@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

[@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 👀

[@amaanarain2774]

Uh oh, Deimos is tracking me

[@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?

[@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

[@musehtaicho]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@KiwiBrowserSupport]

What if it fall in mid river?

[@wardog5537]

​@@KiwiBrowserSupportits 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...

[@panoptos4163]

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

[@dial0foroperator]

War is always a dystopian hellscape.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@user-tw3tn8os2o]

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.

[@Holems1]

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

[@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.

[@kjvelarde]

The sound emitted by that drone is damn good

[@F3PIZZA]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@szymonziolkowski5967]

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

[@a.c.e7407]

It is hehe.

[@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

[@johnosborne1873]

This is sick honestly

[@einsamerkeks5977]

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

[@thomasedge1353]

I wish I had.one just to mess around with. Looks fun to fly

[@Santiago-Rj]

JEEEZ, amazing.

[@moritzwassmann1496]

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

[@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

[@Kleiner9Partizane]

OK, this goes hard.

[@MS-wz9jm]

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

[@officialProf]

right, where do I buy stocks

[@xetrov2]

whys the add so good.

[@_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.

[@KTactical]

It's so cute!!

[@Robert-cd5zr]

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

[@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.

[@wessiestam]

deimos irl crazy

[@echo3568]

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

[@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.

[@tonyk9162]

am i allowed to attach an rpg projectile to this?

[@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

[@DaQuinias808]

When this game coming out tho??

[@DoryAbelman]

This ad was like a hollywood movie

[@TAR3N]

You should see what a DJI can do for $399 What exactly are you offering here that’s not a financial kickback to whomever signs off on this contract?

[@idosegev4938]

10% R&D 90% PR

[@caroluslexator]

Quality always costs! It utilizes the best sensors and the best battery from Japanese Panasonic Corp.

[@LCreeper575]

@@caroluslexator I mean dji… they probably got better specs (besides thermal) jn a mini 4 pro body they sell to civilians. It’s just an american company that makes it expensive.

[@TAR3N]

@@caroluslexator unfortunately it is not “quality” . You need to understand, that if a 6 year old can break it- then a 26 year old SEAL can too . Crap like this is cool in concept. However real world missions need tools that are not prone to failure. They’re just too delicate for the mission they are supposed to operate in. Look at the specs for wind alone.

[@puppiepoppy]

@@LCreeper575 Expensive is fine as long as it's made in America.

[@selitra_records]

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

[@user-dw6fb6ns1h]

It did help us while assaulting a quite big building, where russians were shotting from. Well, for buildings is quite nice. And forest. On fields never seen a reason to use it since we always had one or two mavics above us.

[@thekingofallblogs]

Realistic range is 2 km , so short range. Perhaps uncle sam willing to pay 200k, but no one else would. Also will lose them during normal use like any drone. most militaries would want larger drones with longer range, that can drop grenades.

[@inocry940]

Well the UK and france use them, with the UK spending 20 million for about 200 of them. So there is clearly a use for them.

[@PhilippZ]

If this can save a soldier's life it's worth it. It costs more than $200K to train a new soldier!

[@henrikmikaelkristensen4784]

@@inocry940 Over 1000 of these were sent to Ukraine.

[@anonymouse2847]

​@@henrikmikaelkristensen4784and sold it's components to China..

[@TuneyDarko]

Probably won’t cost that much overtime, betting 10k at most in 5 years when it’s already replaced

[@concertence]

"What you're seeing is advance warfare" Jokes aside, this video kinda reminds me of that one mission from advance warfare

[@nauji]

I kinda want one now...

[@Trowa159]

This is great for following people

[@NarutoUzumaki-vc4wy]

FISTERS everywhere punching the air rn

[@MagerCrunchy]

Someone missed the opportunity to call it a "Hunter Seaker"

[@masteravdRU]

очень круто, особенно классно перемещаться вместе толпой как дебилы, хочется пожелать успехов оператору FPV дрона, находящемуся в 2 км, удачной охоты, дружище

[@lavishlifezeene2439]

FIRE AD

[@user-ee2ie9ll8g]

looking awesome. Great work, great video. But second act where infantry come to enemy trenches and destroy them by bulldozer...maybe it will be work against some Congo or Nigeria. Against some more powerfull country like against russia- its will ba alittle difficult)

[@theterminaldave]

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

[@seriouslyDispa]

Can't believe they made Deimos real

[@JeremyBreeden89]

Wow the graphics of call of duty have really came to life over the years. 😂 I’m jp! This is an awesome little uav and I’m sure this thing will save more American soldiers than we could even imagine and I am very thankful to that.

[@Bravo18520]

Spoken to several guys who have used them. They did not have positive comments. Most common complaint was that any wond at all made them useless

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Well, wond is pretty deadly.

[@alexfilma16]

My favorite Nicolas Cage movie is Wondtalkers.

[@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...

[@abbymerchant2069]

is that a tactical excavator?

[@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

[@ernestziemkowski1649]

Why does it have a zipline?

[@devilmancryu402]

but can you drop a grenade from it? also how expensive are these because if they're cheap I think they'd be great kamikaze drones

[@devilmancryu402]

Also DOD if u see this and use my idea then you owe me money!!!!

[@jreamer0]

secondary drone required for jammers. aux vehicles could be blow by other fpv drones costing 400.00 certainly that excavator would be brought down by an fpv drone. range needs to be 20x that to compete with DIY's.

[@Funkteon]

It'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.

[@leonard6937]

I think it’s a great product but unsure about the 30 mins fly time; seems a bit short

[@a.c.e7407]

It's going to be used for CQB mostly mate. If you're outside in the open, people will just use UAVs.

[@noway5776]

How does he cope with electronic warfare?

[@Ricky_1531]

Awesome advert

[@YanOak]

ok, now put a sharp spike on the front and call it Hunter-seeker drone

[@ShimomuraTakezoWong]

You should develop a new model whereby it could be mounted on a soldier's helmet/squad/team/5 men and it's deployed L>R forward 15-50 metres equally spaced with variable altitudes covering 230 degrees/panoramic view with the peripheral visions/50 degrees to the team wearing VR googles simultaneously wi-fi linked to the weapon platform/assault rifles for range/pin point accuracy shooting/red dot holographic sight in jungle/forest/urban environment.

[@LPM147]

I don't get it. If this drone tech is available today, why can't we have it in #Starfield? 🙂

[@imnobody423]

Forget about the drone, just focus on the ad...damn!

[@GrumpyGremlin.]

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

[@AJ_Sparten1337]

How much?

[@Lift33d]

Yeah ive seen this advertised for over 10 years... is this finally real?

[@Blank55600]

Ghost recon becoming a real thing les goooo

[@MorroTreece]

Man I just want to be able to afford a home.

[@PA-jw6fo]

TeleDyne will soon change name into CyberDyne .... 💀

[@Honza67382]

"MANHACKS!"

[@ceesay3842]

a normal drone model and camera looking down would be better

[@MrCshx]

I thought we'd already seen enough expensive "game changers"

[@wolfdima]

FLIR + ATAC not bad! but the price is its biggest disadvantage

[@mikko0846]

if a civilian version was made this would be the world best mini helo

[@Chretze]

... how much?

[@Felix0770]

Whats up with the tank scene? Loud tank pulls up next to a building, "quick, get the drone out. 2 hostiles? Ok everyone dismount instead of using the tank"

[@a.c.e7407]

Hehe nice.

[@kirboys]

1:47 кто так автомат держит? Актеры?

[@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.

[@Hiroshima_was_a_great_thing]

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

[@cmendoza1094]

It’s only adversary , a mild crosswind or strong window fan 😂

[@nicholas2827]

$150 squirrel gun can knock it out at close range. Still looks awesome though.

[@m1ke841]

Hi Deimos

[@nathanfarrugiavella2195]

I want one for fun

[@cmendoza1094]

Imagine if someone sneezes and it falls out of the sky…

[@MagnoTubertine]

Are they ever going to sell this directly to customers?

[@silentblackhole]

I hope not. Really don't want Iran sending these out to terrorists.

[@onlyGodcanfixtheUSA]

I know what hunting gadget I’m buying.

[@mikemurphy5898]

Imagine all the meat you could buy for $195k 😂

[@Alegy420]

and here i was thinking i have a chance if theres a world war

[@dorty82]

How much is this thing really?

[@aytw661]

200k

[@DynamicLearning4u]

@@aytw661😂really?

[@LeoD.J]

So we not droning?

[@user-lp9vl4bo3c]

Hello brave new battle field

[@762x39..]

R6 Deimos lookin' ahh 💀