How fast? In the GIF above, that’s a drone flying at 45 mph, or 20 meters per second. That’s 10 miles-an-hour faster than the recent DJI Phantom 3 and just 5 mph slower than the new Parrot fixed-wing drone, the Disco. And it’s not just flying fast, it’s carrying with it a fairly functional payload of cameras and LIDAR. While it’s not quite as fast dodging obstacles, it can still fly relatively well through a box maze. Why is DARPA looking for something like this? The better to scout the inside of buildings, of course. From the official release: Watch it fly below, and make sure to stick around for the blooper reel of crashes at the end:
