US Army to demonstrate 'slaving' unmanned and manned helicopters:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/08/333232/us-army-to-demonstrate-slaving-unmanned-and-manned.html
US Army eyes STUAS drones for battalions:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/12/333234/us-army-eyes-stuas-drones-for-battalions.html
This sooooo cool! Think about this for just a moment: you can have a whole squadron of Apaches controlling some 4 UAV's apiece. Those UAV can be sent out in front of the Apaches, snooping around looking for the baddies while the Apache crews sit back and take their time selecting and prioritizing targets. Amazing. We don't put the crews into a bad situation and although the UAVs are not expendable by any means we cna afford to lose them and not have to send out condolances.
Also, it enables commanders all the way down to platoon or even squad level to have access instantly to information that otherwise would not be available. Man, had we had this technology during Tarawa or Normandy or dieppe think of the lives we could have saved on both sides.
Anyway, very cool stuff!
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