Dornier

A small surveillance drone capable of hovering in midair. (Read the full article)

"this is not a technological innovation, but the name of a German aircraft manufacturer from WW2. Dornier was still making various types as late as 1980, but now seems to have been subsumed by Fairchild."
( 4/17/2004 10:47:07 AM )
"Actually its more likely to be a development from one of Dorniers small autonomous aerial vehicles either the tailsitter VTO Do 33 or the aerodyne VTO both from the 70s."
(Linzifox 10/28/2005 12:51:36 PM )
"Autonomous helicopter based surveilance vehicle developed by Dornier: http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/seamos/ "
(SeaMos 12/5/2005 7:51:34 AM )

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