US unmanned aerial vehicle melt and disappear

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is urgently researching a lightweight, low cost, easy-to-navigate UAV. For information security and technology, DARPA requires the UAV design to self-melt and disappear after completing the task.

American study of unmanned autonomous aircraft

This is a project that DARPA is building on the basis of the VAPR project to study the drones project after completing the automatic melting and disappearing task (ICARUS).

The ICARUS project is referred to as intrusion, control and removable in the air that can not be recovered. In a nutshell, DARPA's plan is to use a one-time transport UAV.

Self-melting circuits have been studied by DARPA for some years, which can automatically melt in water or in other chemical media.

Aerial transport is an important transportation tool for materials and personnel for the ground. But some UAVs, once completed, are difficult to handle, often adding to the burden on staff.

For this reason, DARPA has been actively researching a sophisticated, in-vehicle aerial vehicle that can safely transport materials and can melt and disappear upon completion of the task. This is part of the requirements of UAV's self-melting and disappearing transportation design.

The final result of the ICARUS project is that the UAV will automatically melt within 30 minutes or 30 minutes after the completion of the transport mission, leaving the robot to perform the same tasks as the robot.

It is known that the design of this UAV line is about 10m long, can transport the weight of 13kg weight to the designated location gently and must fly straight 90km. Also, a prerequisite is that its wingspan is less than 3m.

To achieve this ambitious goal, DARPA spent 26 months, divided into two phases and spent $ 8 million to study. If the project is successful, it seems that the US has completed part of its transport mission.