Amazing Footage Of A Hawk Flying Effortlessly Through A Dense Forest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bXHLznnQmY

The speed demon bike chase in Return of the Jedi ? Amateurs , liken to this footage accept by a camera mounted on aNorthern Goshawkas it hound for prey , flying at high speeding through thick woodland , avoiding obstacles . The picture was posted by DARPA to show what it hop to accomplish with a new class of self-governing UAVs .

It ’s squall theFast Lightweight Autonomy program(and , given DARPA ’s well - known preference for goofy acronyms , I ’m storm they did n’t call it FLAP ) . DARPA aims to develop and present the capability for UAVs lowly enough to fit through windows to wing at speeds up to 45 mph — while navigating complex indoor space self-governing of communication with outdoor operators or sensors and without reliance on GPS waypoints .