Shipboard UAVs Prove Combat Need
Credit: U.S. NAVY
Use of Boeing/Insitu’s Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle, flown from the USS Bainbridge to monitor Somali pirates’ treatment of a hostage U.S. ship captain on board the pictured lifeboat, showed both strengths and weakness. On the plus side, the aircraft can use its persistence to sit on top of an...
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