Who cares if it is new or old technology, that's not the point. The point is that is being used right now on a concept model.

This is not 1956. The technology being tested here (not developed), if found adequate, will be incorporated into a full scale UAV within the next 2-5 years.
And for my European friends, companies like BAE and Dassault (along with many Joint Ventures) are deffinetely leading the way in the use of alternate technology such as this. I don't doubt that an airplane similar to the one in the video will make it to Kandahar within the next few years. Afghanistan is like Frank Tiano's Top Gun for UAV's.

And if you don't believe me, google Flying Jeep. Gotta love DARPA. You can now see that the my generation that played with Gi Joe are the boss now.