Last year, we reported that the U.S. Army was looking in to building a hoverbike, a one man flying contraption they were calling a Tactical Reconnaissance Vehicle. A year later, there's new announcements on the vehicle, which army researchers now say will be a way to bring supplies into the field.

The hoverbike's name has gotten longer: it's now called the Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle. The vehicle is essentially a quadcopter, like a recreational drone, that's sturdy enough for a human to sit on.

"Anywhere on the battlefield, Soldiers can potentially get resupplied in less than 30 minutes," Army researcher Tim Vong said in a US Army Research Laboratory post. "We're working with users in the joint community to look at this concept."

A new video that shows a few moments of hoverbike action was released along with the statements. You can watch it below.

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Source: Popular Science

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