Drones have been vastly successful in offence, and looks like their chopper cousins are ready to get into the action by sniffing out Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). IEDs have long been a trouble for forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and these unmanned choppers will find these explosives by tracking the electromagnetic emissions that are emitted from the wireless receivers used to trigger IEDs.

The chopper itself isn’t very formidable looking, in fact, it looks a bit cute, prompting or friends at PopSci to name it the Helipanda. The Air Force Research Laboratory however, does not seem very interested in keeping up the “cute” part, they call the new UAV by the name of “Yellow Jacket.”

Via: AviationWeek/ PopSci490896