The US military machine , ever one to want to keep forwards of the competition , is manifestly doing so by render to build a hoverbike . The US Army announce that it was attempting to do so last class , and as reported byPopular Mechanics , they ’re still giving it a go . In fact , they have been working on thissince the 1950s .
Named the Tactical Reconnaissance Vehicle in 2015 , their hypothetical one - man hoverbike was initially conceived to cursorily bring supplies into the field . This year , it ’s been rename as the Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle ( JTARV ) , and from the range of a function provided , it looks somewhat like an extremely low - vaporize poke – a quadcopter you could hinge on .
“ Anywhere on the battlefield , soldiers can potentially get resupplied in less than 30 minute of arc , ” Tim Vong of the US Army Research Laboratory said in astatement . “ We ’re working with users in the joint community to look at this conception . ”
At this degree , it ’s not clear how operational the JTARV is , or how far through its examination or even its construction phase it has father . Nevertheless , compared to some extra US military projects – including“vampire ” dronesthat disappear in sunlight and human - computerneural interfaces – it seems highly potential that hoverbikes will become a staple US Army feature of speech within the next decade or two .
The JTARV ’s conception model . Research , Development and Engineering Commandvia YouTube
After all , hoverboards of varying kinds already live . One of them is even quite similarly designed to the Army ’s concept hoverbike . It is navigate by lean on it , as if it is an aery Segway . to boot , this stuntman - make up excogitation is subject of come up up toludicrously severe heights , something JTARV may also be able to do ifprior concept artis anything to go by .
As of 2015 , scale models of the hoverbike – which is partly being plan byMalloy Aeronautics – was capable of some pretty cool maneuvers , but at this point , it ’s more drone than man - drive bike of the future . see this infinite .
Concept testing.malloyhoverbikevia YouTube
In any case , the question on everyone ’s mind by this gunpoint is whether or not the speederbike chase scene on the Forest Moon of Endor can be recreated in reality . At this dot , it is not percipient how possible this would be , although at least there would n’t be any pesky Ewoks make in the fashion .
