Mars-helicopter by NASA
The new Mars helicopter is the thing, that interests many actors. The lightweight, independently operating airborne system is a multipurpose tool for scientific and military purposes. The atmosphere on Mars is thin, which means that the technology, of the high-flying helicopter drones, can test on that planet. The green-energy, which means that the helicopter uses solar panels and the induction generator for creating the energy for that system would be suitable to operate at the high mountain areas as well as in the high altitude over the savannas.
If that kind of system is operating in the atmosphere, what is thick enough, it could use also wind generators for increasing the operational time of batteries. So that kind of helicopter can send to the Titan moon and atmospheres of the giant gas planets for researching them. Mars is an excellent place for researching artificial intelligence, which would allow that kind of vehicle to operate independently.
This kind of helicopter might be a next-generation observation balloon.
The lack of nuclear batteries means that if this system would make a crash landing the radioactive material would not be released to nature, and that means in the case, where the drone is shot down at the hostile area, there is nothing that the enemy can use from the wreck. This kind of high-flying helicopter drone can also use as the observation platform in many missions. So that thing could be the new version of the observation balloons that have been used in World War I.
The rotor might be covered by using the silicon layer, and the induction engine would also recycle the electricity, which makes the batteries operate a longer time. This kind of helicopter can have LIDAR (Laser Radar) and the infrared and normal image sensors. It can also use the normal radar for uncovering the underground water storage.
But this system can also control the ground areas, and that means it can be used to track illegal hunters, but it can also support military operators at the ground area. High-flying, small size drone is very hard to detect because it has a very low infrared signature, and if the system is created by using stealth materials it's really hard to detect.
https://futurism.com/nasa-powered-mars-helicopter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Helicopter_Ingenuity
Project homepage: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/
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