Marines are trying out a throwaway delivery drone

The U.S. Marine Corps is reportedly testing an innovative new way of getting care packages to its troops in the field: disposable drones.

The Tactical Air Delivery gliders, as they're calling them, would be able to deliver up to 700 pounds of food and other supplies, according to IEEE Spectrum. They can then be left to rot where they landed.

The technology could also be used for a variety of applications outside the military, for example in fire fighting or search and rescue.

Dropped from a height dozens of miles away, the drones would use basic GPS to float to within an easily walkable distance of wherever they are needed. Marines could then take apart the drone to get after what's inside, and leave the casing where it landed.  Read more...