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| US unveils new helicopter-like surv |
| US unveils new helicopter-like surveillance drone
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 30-December-2011
8:33:41 AM |
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The US Army will deploy a newly-developed helicopter-like unmanned drone in Afghanistan with a wide-area surveillance sensor suite that could beam back clearer images of the surrounding terrain.
The army said the new Boeing-built A160 Hummingbird promised American soldiers "an unprecedented capability to track and monitor activity on the ground".
Beginning in May or June of 2012, the Army will deploy three A160 Hummingbird Vertical-Take-Off-and-Landing Unmanned Aerial Systems, or VTOL-UAS, to Afghanistan as part of a Quick Reaction Capability, said Lt. Col. Matthew Munster, product manager, UAS Modernisation.
"These aircraft will deploy for up to one full year as a way to harness lessons learned and funnel them into a programme of record," Munster said in a statement.
Army VTOL UAS programme developers and engineers were finishing up some wiring work on the A160 aircraft and performing ground tests with the ARGUS sensor suite
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