Army plans to field land-mine detecting UAV in FY 07

The U.S. Army hopes to begin fielding a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) that detects land mines in fiscal 2007, according to the Defense Dept. "A tactical airborne mine detection capability is needed to increase the speed of combat operations for the Army," the Defense Dept. wrote in...

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