Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:q3gc4a054f@drn.newsguy.com:
> more at
> http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26359/the-pocket-sized-black-horne
> t-drone-is-about-to-change-army-operations-forever
>
> After more than four years of experimentation and evaluation, the U.S.
> Army is beginning to send out FLIR Systems' tiny Black Hornet nano
> drones to operational units, which will fundamentally change how the
> service conducts itself on the battlefield. The miniature unmanned
> helicopter will give the elements as small as infantry squads a
> significant boost in situational awareness and allow them to scout
> ahead without having to automatically put soldiers at risk.
>
> On Jan. 9, 2019, the Army revealed that the Soldier Sensors and Lasers
> Technology Center (RIA-JMTC) had delivered the first 60 complete Black
> Hornet systems to unspecified units. Then, on Jan. 24, 2019, FLIR
> Systems announced it had received a contract worth up to $39.6 million
> to deliver thousands more of the drones to the service, along with
> associated equipment, in the coming years.
>
> of the Soldier Support Branch at RIA-JMTC said in an official
>
This will quickly find it's way into domestic
surveillence and local police use. I don't look
forward to that........
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