In 1985, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and AeroVironment used Quetzalcoatlus northropi as the basis for an experimental ornithopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Godine 1985. su DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) i AeroVironment koristili vrstu Quetzalcoatlus northropi kao temelj za eksperimentalni bespilotni ornitopter.