Unmanned Aircraft Program Grows To Support Demand

January 21, 2010

WASHINGTON - Discussions about the Army's use of unmanned systems in the combat theater are likely to focus on bomb-detecting robots and ground vehicles able to navigate through hazardous terrain.

Chances are the discussion won't immediately go to one of the fast-growing fields in the Army: unmanned aircraft systems.

These systems, operated at the tactical level by troops on the ground, are bringing warfighters unprecedented intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability, said Army Col. Christopher Carlile, director of the Army Unmanned Aerial System Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Ala

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