In what may be considered a sovereign blunder to dozens of witnesses, apparently the driver was unable to take flight with the apparatus due to high winds, which suffered a sudden loss of signal when it was about 10 feet off the ground. Themini-helicopter was designed to enter a sleep mode ... but instead of descendingcrashed at full speed against the armored vehicle.
The mini-helicopter, built by the U.S. company Vanguard Defense, was the MK-IIUnmanned Aerial System Shadowhawk, which is designed to be equipped with weapons of various types, including tasers and riot guns projectiles.
According to the CEO of Vanguard Defense, Michael Buscher, it happened on a flight last September in which there was "an emergency landing" and the damage was not serious, although the most affected area was the system of rotors. Now the company has been forced to pull out a press release before the publication of theMarch 5 accident yesterday the web Examiner, as the CEO says "that was grosslymisunderstood when speaking with the editor of that paper."
Even greater was the humiliation suffered by the Montgomery County SheriffTommy Gage, who was to be the first owner, as announced in Futuretech in November last year.
The Sheriff had summoned the members of the sheriff's office for the company tomake a demonstration flight and could take promotional photos of the newequipment. The SWAT team even brought their BearCat, an increasingly popularvehicle in the local police departments. Although there were many cameras therewere not disclosed for now pictures or videos of the incident.
The drone had received a federal grant of $ 300,000 after the U.S. Congressagreed to study a plan to allow hundreds of flying similar aircraft in the airspace of the U.S. urban
This county in Texas with her Sheriff at their head, had begun the testing phase on its own, pulling it forward with its program separately.
So far 11 other states and federal law enforcement agencies have commissioned a similar vehicle or are in the process of receiving grant money to add one of these unmanned helicopters to their departments. After this initial coming-outfailed, the project delays are inevitable.
These aircraft are still a relatively young technology, with few flight hours and veryprone to accidents. Even if a UAV you have to fall from the sky to give you head, you'd better take a "Bearcat" armored SWAT, that's for sure.
According to the CEO of Vanguard Defense, Michael Buscher, it happened on a flight last September in which there was "an emergency landing" and the damage was not serious, although the most affected area was the system of rotors. Now the company has been forced to pull out a press release before the publication of theMarch 5 accident yesterday the web Examiner, as the CEO says "that was grosslymisunderstood when speaking with the editor of that paper."
Even greater was the humiliation suffered by the Montgomery County SheriffTommy Gage, who was to be the first owner, as announced in Futuretech in November last year.
The drone had received a federal grant of $ 300,000 after the U.S. Congressagreed to study a plan to allow hundreds of flying similar aircraft in the airspace of the U.S. urban
This county in Texas with her Sheriff at their head, had begun the testing phase on its own, pulling it forward with its program separately.
So far 11 other states and federal law enforcement agencies have commissioned a similar vehicle or are in the process of receiving grant money to add one of these unmanned helicopters to their departments. After this initial coming-outfailed, the project delays are inevitable.
These aircraft are still a relatively young technology, with few flight hours and veryprone to accidents. Even if a UAV you have to fall from the sky to give you head, you'd better take a "Bearcat" armored SWAT, that's for sure.
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