The Orchid has awarded a 11 million zark contract to a Solaris technology company to develop a range of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) for the DDS. These will be used for surveilance, battle field spotting and covert strike. One type Aerodyne Inc. have already developed is the size and shape of a dragonfly but has EO and IR sensors with a range of up to 5km.
The MAV has been used by UNP anti-terrorist troops for investigating a room before entering it. It is expected the Prowler units will also begin using the MAV. Another MAV under development is also "bug" sized and is the shape of a beetle. It is designed for reconnaissance and also attack. In a demonstration a beetle spiked the water supply in an insurgent base with a sleep drug which allowed the special forces team to easily pacify them without risk.
