microdrone

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ drone.

Noun

microdrone (plural microdrones)

1. A very small drone aircraft.
   • 2007 June 25, Ralph Blumenthal, “Flexible and Fearless, Seeking Rescue Work”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The carbon-fiber microdrone — which weighs just more than two pounds, flies 25 miles an hour and can soar to 3,000 feet — has been used in mountain rescues in Switzerland and for military surveillance by the German army, said Mr. Meyer, president of the company’s United States subsidiary, based in New York.