Defence giant BAE says future drones will be ‘grown’ with chemistry

ARMIES of the future could be supported by military drones '"grown" from chemicals in high-tech labs.

The small unmanned aircraft could be designed and built in just weeks using a "radical new machine" called a  Chemputer™.

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BAE Systems and the University of Glasgow have released a video revealing the concept. It claims complex aircraft could be created from environmentally sustainable materials by speeding up evolutionary processes and chemical reactions.

Lee Cronin, regius professor at the University of Glasgow and founding scientific director at Cronin Group PLC- who is developing the Chemputer™ said: "This is a very exciting time in the development of chemistry.

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"We have been developing routes to digitize synthetic and materials chemistry and at some point in the future hope to assemble complex objects in a machine from the bottom up, or with minimal human assistance.

"Creating small aircraft would be very challenging but I’m confident that creative thinking and convergent digital technologies will eventually lead to the digital programming of complex chemical and material systems.’

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The film's conclusion shows ground troops supported by the drones, which soar over their heads.

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