Bombs fly remote control

The remote-controlled flying bomb BattleHawk introduced by Textron (USA) is essentially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), designed to explode when approaching an enemy's position.

BattleHawk operates according to the principle of finding and destroying, also known as suicide attacks. It incorporates a fragile explosive warhead with a powerful destructive power of 40mm diameter and a surveillance camera to search for targets during flight. Thus, people can control the aircraft remotely, tracing and accurately attacking enemy hiding forces through the screen.

The BattleHawk weighs about 2.26kg when packed inside a special launch tube. In the launch tube there is a push-spring mechanism to lift the UAV in the first stage and then the UAV will activate its small-sized electric motor at the tail to continue flying.

Textron's business manager, Mick Guthals, said ground forces can control BattleHawk flying at speeds of up to 96.56 km / h over a 30-minute period. BattleHawk is designed to dive into enemies and light armored vehicles.

So far, Textron Company is doing an internal project on BattleHawk, but they have also received the attention of the US Army on this carbon fiber "flying bomb" . Although not yet announced the exact price of BattleHawk, Textron ensured that their UAV hybrid bombs cost significantly less than similar sized unmanned aerial vehicles that the US military is using. .