

CBU-105 gives little overlap in search area for each warhead many will not have a target, and where there is overlap two or more may attack the same tank and ignore others. The Cluster Swarm can go hunting for vehicles dispersed over many square miles. A CBU-105 can only hit targets in an area a few hundred meters across. The Cluster Swarm would be far more powerful than the existing CBU-105 ‘cans of whup-ass’ for two reasons. The company would not provide comment on the drones developed for the new project. AVID later produced the smaller EDF-8, an electrically-powered ducted-fan drone carrying a one-pound payload.

Affectionately known as the ‘ flying beer keg,’ the T-Hawk has no external rotors but is powered by ducted fans inside the fuselage. NavyĪVID are best known for their work with Honeywell on the T-Hawk drone, a tactical vertical take-off craft deployed in Iraq to help find IEDs in 2007.
