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Electric VTOL spotter UAV (say a quadcopter) on a lightweight cable powered from a ground vehicle is interesting, considering the next major versions of assorted ground vehicles appear to favor hybrid electric drivetrains, thus when stopped could supply ample power. One way to increase the range is to user laser power beaming to get rid of the cable. Lasermotive is currently promoting remote laser power beaming for sensors and UAV's to the government.There is long term research on mother drone carrier ground vehicles (UGV's themselves possibly), carrying an assortment of smaller child UGV's and UAV's. Something like a flatbed truck style vehicle is a start.Going back to the flying tank turret concepts, the recent work with unmanned cargo helicopters is interesting. Air mobility of ground forces is a great way to increase the tempo of operations, so the concept of a large scale VTOL cargo UAV that can pick up and then place UGV's via a common cargo lifting point/eye/attachment that is permanently mounted on the top of a UGV (and eventually moving on to manned vehicles) can change the game significantly.
Electric VTOL spotter UAV (say a quadcopter) on a lightweight cable powered from a ground vehicle is interesting, considering the next major versions of assorted ground vehicles appear to favor hybrid electric drivetrains, thus when stopped could supply ample power. One way to increase the range is to user laser power beaming to get rid of the cable. Lasermotive is currently promoting remote laser power beaming for sensors and UAV's to the government.
There is long term research on mother drone carrier ground vehicles (UGV's themselves possibly), carrying an assortment of smaller child UGV's and UAV's. Something like a flatbed truck style vehicle is a start.
Going back to the flying tank turret concepts, the recent work with unmanned cargo helicopters is interesting. Air mobility of ground forces is a great way to increase the tempo of operations, so the concept of a large scale VTOL cargo UAV that can pick up and then place UGV's via a common cargo lifting point/eye/attachment that is permanently mounted on the top of a UGV (and eventually moving on to manned vehicles) can change the game significantly.
