Army Rushes to Deploy Small Drones to Afghanistan, But Needs Better Trained Operators
April 20, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The demand for small unmanned aircraft continues to grow. Hundreds of new systems are being shipped to Afghanistan, officials said, but training enough operators before they deploy remains a challenge.
“We’ve had a tremendous request from theater to increase the number of small UAS that are going to brigade combat teams, particularly in the southern part of Afghanistan,” Col. Greg Gonzalez, project manager for Army UAS, said April 19 at the Army Aviation Association of America’s annual forum. “That terrain, that mission down there lends itself to these.
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