Russia-based United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation is building a drone fitted with a tech-forward all-seeing eye, which can be likened to Sauron's eye. As a Rostec Corporations subsidiary, UIMC develops technological advancements for military equipment.
The drone can see further than the electromagnetic spectrum of the human eye, allowing it to detect military equipment, both camouflaged and hidden objects. The unmanned aerial vehicle will also be able to tell the difference between artificial objects and natural ones.
For the drone to successfully do its functions, it will take multiple pictures that consist of pixels with a unique spectrum that is invisible to the human eye. Also, it carries out its functions without an operator thanks to a database of the hyperspectral characteristics of a variety of materials.
"The technology we created can process hyperspectral data streams, leading to the creation of an 'all-seeing eye' that allows our drones to look beyond the usual boundaries of the human eye's electromagnetic spectrum," deputy CEO of UIMC, Sergey Skokov, said in Rostec's news release.
Also, the drone can use its optical electric equipment to collect digital information about its surrounding area, which can then be analyzed to determine whether or not fuel spills, soil contamination, chemical traces and other similar pollutants are present there.
Rostec is made up of 700 business bodies that specialize not only in high-tech military equipment but civilian commodities as well. It seems that the news regarding technological advancements doesn't end there, as the industrial company is also reported to be manufacturing an electronic war unit for leading Russian developer and maker of electronic warfare Sozvezdie. The warfare weapon is called Borisoglebsk 2, and it is a ground vehicle capable of disrupting GPS and communications systems.
In the Lord of the Rings series, hobbits may hate this kind of concept, but in real life, this is a big leap in technological innovations.
