US Army warns they better not catch drone technicians operating the helicopters before their chores are done.

Pfft...I've had one of those AR Drones with a camera strapped to it for a couple months, at least.

For surveillance it seems like a shiatty tool, usually helicopters can't fly for that long. Seems like a blimp or something would be better.

It'll be fun until the Army gets it taken away for flying it into Donnie's ear.

oh cool. skynet is here.

/at least the defense contractors are still making bank, those bribes do work wonders.

"It offers 900 times the resolution of a 2 megapixel camera found on most cellphones"
Was this written 4 years ago?

GaryPDX: I think the Mosquito would make a good platform.

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Mount a couple of guns on that baby and it turns into a Wasp. Get a dozen of them and you have a swarm great for urban applications.

The Marine Core deployed the K-Max unmanned cargo helicopter in Afghanistan in November. So far seems to be doing well.

bump: The drone aircraft can hover and do not need a runway to be able to take-off or land

OUCH - OWIE OWWW OWWWWWWW...

/subject-verb agreement

I think 'aircraft' is plural.

Every police department already wants one.

All I need in here.

/hot as a smartgun link
//2e for lyfe

Coming to a city near you ...

I set the over at 3.5 years from Afghanistan deploy before Iran has it.

remote control helicopters with aerosol sprayers + air-borne bird flu strain developed by government scientists = population culling by joystick

bulldg4life: Pfft...I've had one of those AR Drones with a camera strapped to it for a couple months, at least.

I think the US Army needs a drone that can fly for more than 18 minutes on a single charge.

They already have helicopter drones, the camera is the cool part.

GaryPDX: I think the Mosquito would make a good platform.

Mount a couple of guns on that baby and it turns into a Wasp. Get a dozen of them and you have a swarm great for urban applications.

Littlebird is a better platform for that kind of thing. Holds more guys, and more gun capabilities.

bulldg4life: Pfft...I've had one of those AR Drones with a camera strapped to it for a couple months, at least.

They've bought those too.

SCARY? Drones just got scary today?

Yeah but when do I get my 1.8 gigapixel point and shoot or prosumer camera even?

jayphat: "It offers 900 times the resolution of a 2 megapixel camera found on most cellphones"
Was this written 4 years ago?

As far as the military knows, a 2 megapixel camera phone still costs about $10,000 each. Anything better starts to get a bit expensive.

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All I need in here.

/hot as a smartgun link
//2e for lyfe

Just don't try HALO jumping. You could jump off a step stool in New York and end up landing Somewhere on mainland China.

/played a game of 4E a while back, magic is broken as hell.

Headso: For surveillance it seems like a shiatty tool, usually helicopters can't fly for that long. Seems like a blimp or something would be better.

Be nice to see the specs on how long it stays on station...however helicopters do refuel mid-air via probes.

DARPA did some autonomous refueling test a few years ago for unmanned fighters...pretty sure they are working on it because I really can't see some highly gifted engineers doing face palms years later...asking why they didn't think about aerial refueling...

This is bad news... for Sarah Connor.

They can't keep ultra-mega-awesome-ASSAULT-HELIMONSTER in the air during training, so this should go well.

GaryPDX: I think the Mosquito would make a good platform.



Mount a couple of guns on that baby and it turns into a Wasp. Get a dozen of them and you have a swarm great for urban applications.

Can't we have at least one, one goddam article even remotely related to the military NOT bring on the fark weapons brigade? Is that too much to ask?

Great! More moving targets. I'm sure the variety will be appreciated, especially in hover mode.

Perducci: jayphat: "It offers 900 times the resolution of a 2 megapixel camera found on most cellphones"
Was this written 4 years ago?

As far as the military knows, a 2 megapixel camera phone still costs about $10,000 each. Anything better starts to get a bit expensive.

This may be over a year old, but I think that most phones sold aren't smartphones. Or phones that have any significant features whatsoever.

Imagine how different Air Wolf would have been if they had had these things back in the 1980's...

2wolves: "It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell." - William T. Sherman

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron." - Dwight D Eisenhower

I think they should be cheaper to buy and use then real helicopters since they can be made smaller and carry less weight. If so, the local police of big cities would love the civilian version of this when it's available. It's going to be interesting to see if the "US vs. Jones" case decided next July will have any effect. When does general surveillance of public stop and tracking an individual begins once automatic tracking and facial recognition is widely available?

? Really? A military with 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers full of F-18's, and nuke capable Tomahawk missiles, and a helicopter drone is ?

Subby frightens easily, don't make any sudden moves.

The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots.

/oblig

2wolves: StanTheMan: [img1.fark.net image 54x11]? Really? A military with 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers full of F-18's, and nuke capable Tomahawk missiles, and a helicopter drone is [img1.fark.net image 54x11]?

Subby frightens easily, don't make any sudden moves.

Perhaps Subby is comparing and contrasting the difference between shooting someone face to face and a FPS where the triggerman is insulated away from the horrors of war.

Modern jet fighters don't dogfight anymore. They shoot each other from 50 miles away. Suggestion: Google "F-18" (AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile w/ 230mi range) and "Tomahawk missile" (1,500mi range).

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"The Argus-IS's acronym was chosen to recall Argus Panoptes"

They should have recall for their drones.