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US Military To Develop Star Wars-Style Hoverbikes With British company

Posted by samzenpus on from the mind-the-ewoks dept.

New submitter amalcolm writes: The U.S. military may soon be zooming around on Star Wars-style hoverbikes. U.K. based Malloy Aeronautics has joined forces with Survice Engineering to develop the vehicles for the Department of Defense. "The Department of Defense is interested in Hoverbike technology because it can support multiple roles," said Mark Butkiewicz, who works for Survice. "It can transport troops over difficult terrain and when it's not used in that purpose it can also be used to transport logistics, supplies, and it can operate in both a manned and unmanned asset."

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  1. Re: Yeah, right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Throw self at ground and miss.

  2. These have a fatal flaw by Guy+From+V · · Score: 5, Funny

    Enemies of NATO will just genetically engineer Ewoks.

  3. Re: How about a working rifle for our troops perha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Surely just one fleshlight is enough...

  4. Obligatory by Stormwatch · · Score: 3, Funny

    My hoverbike is full of eels.

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  5. Re:Is that English? by Jason+Levine · · Score: 4, Funny

    *writes "built-in smoke screen" on the features list*

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