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Drones: electronics
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Eyes and ears for drones.
There is no doubt that the reconnaissance (recce) drone is becoming an important element in the emerging 21st Century concept of network-centric operations. Armada International reviews the range of equipment that such robot aircraft are now carrying aloft.
********** To some people--notably 'the-man-in-the-street'--such robot aircraft are 'new concepts', but the reality is that recce drones have been around since the 1960s. As technology has provided better performance and reliability plus a reduction in size and weight of the systems, their use has been expanded and accelerated. From pure reconnaissance, the recce drone has been brought into an enlarged portfolio embracing intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance; now often referred to as istar. Recce drones have come a long way since the ...See the full content of this document
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