“Eyes of the Army” U.S. Army Roadmap for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (2010-2035):
The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems – 30 March 2011:
A Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) is the air element of a Nano Unmanned Air System (NUAS). These are typically considered as sub-25 gram components. Some examples of these are shown below:
All of the above systems suffer from low endurance (3-20 min), lack of stable flight in typical wind gusts (10 m/s) and power supply issues. One of my recent research papers discusses these and other issues surrounding the implementation of practical MAV/NAV’s into the real world.
A good overview from the DARPA NAV perspective is given here by MicroPropulsion Corporation of the US (Jan 2010).
A review of the history and progress of Prox Dynamics NUAS developments.