The development by China’s National University of Defense Technology of a microdrone weighing less than 0.3 grams, with a wingbeat frequency of up to 500 Hz, represents a transition to a fundamentally new class of ultra-small reconnaissance platforms with a bionic architecture. The device, which imitates insect flight, is equipped with miniature multispectral sensors and microtransmitters that provide real-time transmission of video and telemetry data over distances of up to several hundred