A morphing micro air and land vehicle (MMLV) that flies and crawls along the ground is to be proposed to the UK Ministry of Defence for a development grant by a US researcher working at the UK's University of Bristol.

The MMLV has already been demonstrated in the UK and the USA. In one set of UK flight trials in Southampton it transmitted a video image over 1.6km (1 mile) to relay stations that sent images to the USA.

Developed from late 2004 until 2007 at Eglin AFB, Florida under a US Air Force Research Laboratory project, the MMLV first flew in 2004. By May 2005 it was crawling and a vehicle with a 279mm (11in) wingspan provided video feed in-flight and on the ground during these early flights.