Pentagon Testing New Super Tiny Spy Plane

The next generation of UAV's (unmanned Aerial vehicles) is going to be smaller than ever before. The Pentagon is testing a UAV that will have the size and look of a Hummingbird hence the name "The Hummingbird Project." Instead of having unmanned spy planes that have wingspans of over 100 feet that can be shot out of the sky by potential enemies the Pentagon is thinking that shrinking these spy planes is a better idea. The Hummingbird UAV is only going to weigh about 19 grams. It will have a wingspan of only about 6 inches and it will be designed to look just like a little hummingbird flying in the sky. The smaller size will give it great advantages such as being able to fly into window openings of buildings and it will be a much harder target to shoot out of the sky because it will be much smaller than the current UAV's deployed. It will be able to fly upside down, from side to side, and also hover in the air. The company involved is called Aeroviornment who are working in partnership with the Defense Department. The biggest problem so far with Hummingbird is that it has only been able to stay in flight for about 11 minutes but this is an improvement over the 8 minutes it could only achieve last year in testing. If the project is further developed it can also have civilian surveillance uses in urban environments for law enforcement organizations it is believed.