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Tethered Drone Offers Long Endurance

Posted August 08, 2016 12:00 AM by Engineering360 eNewsletter

The U.S. Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office is testing a tethered quad rotor UAV for surveillance and security applications. The AeroVironment Tether Eye flies at 150 ft altitude above a fixed or mobile platform.Continuous power provided by the tether allows the vehicle to serve as a long-term "virtual observation tower" with day and night vision systems.

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08/10/2016 8:38 AM

Nice how it puts itself back in the box.
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08/10/2016 2:18 PM

A "powered" balloon?

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