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US Military To Develop Star Wars-Style Hoverbikes With British company
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."
It's basic research, done in the hopes that some new ideas or technology will come out of it. The military does that a lot, with no specific goals in mind (same as civilian scientists). Only the press fails to grasp this.
Gotta figure out how to spend a trillion dollars without being able to make things out of solid gold or add diamonds - just pick a cool thing from scifi and write up a spec.
How is a quad-copter sci fi? It just a big enough version that a person can ride.
No, the old AK-47/AKM 7.62x39 only has a bit more energy than 5.56x45.
7.62x51 packs quite a bit more punch, especially when you go for harder/specialty loads.
It can go across any terrain! Of course, the enemy will hear you coming from twenty miles away and your troops will need to wear constant ear protection since we essentially had to strap jet engines to the thing. This also means they won't be able to hear anything including incoming fire or communications with other troops. But it HOVERS!!!!
My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.