Drones

Dawn of the Air-Phibious Drones? Flying Fish UAV Swims and Flies

Major air and defense shows are filled with eye-catching displays, big models and, here at Asia's largest aviation show, really cool aircraft. Almost lost among the throngs is a small, pale-blue airframe that looks like just another aerial drone.

But look closely, and there's something you don't see on too many unmanned aerial vehicles — twin gold-colored propellers.

Meet the prosaically named Unmanned Hybrid Vehicle (UHV), a developmental project of Singapore's ST Engineering.

"That's not a model, that's the real thing," said Milly Tay, head of the engineering group developing the vehicle, nodding to the UHV mounted on a stand amongst a number of vehicles and airplane models.