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    Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs

    Mini HoverDrone Goes Up, Down and Into the Junk Drawer

    Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky

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    Image of B52HVet B52HVet
    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    From the full article:

    "All active electronic devices, including wireless receivers used to trigger to IEDs - radiate electronic energy, and US researchers have developed ways to detect and identify such devices based on these "unintentional" emissions."

    I'm damned glad that we are getting tech like this into service. I've had too many friends injured/killed from (comparatively) stone aged tech overseas. Hope this works as well as advertised. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    Image of CurtisMugen CurtisMugen
    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    Silly codename? As a Georgia Tech football fan, I disagree and merely hope that when it finds an IED, it runs the option on it.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    This needs to be painted with black and yellow stripes. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    Image of Meantux Meantux
    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    "will be able to survey areas for the electromagnetic emissions associated with receivers and provide an early warning to soldiers." ???

    In my book a receiver is passive and can't be detected, less getting its "electromagnetic emissions associated". What's next? warp drive?... #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/03/09

    @Meantux: Most IEDs use cell phones that check in with towers often. That's my guess. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    11/03/09

    @The Lab: Actually, that is one way that can be sent.

    While it would be bad form for me to mention exactly how it works, it is within the safety briefings that troops of many countries are given. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    Image of gavscott gavscott
    11/03/09

    @Meantux: Most receivers use oscillators to tune their receiver, and those oscillators emit RF. Sensitive detection circuitry can tell if you have a receiver operating, and what frequency it's tuned to.

    It's similar to the way the VG-2 "radar detector detector" works - it listens for frequencies emitted by your radar detector as it listens for radar, and alerts the police that you have a radar detector in the car. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    Image of Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR!  REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
    11/03/09

    In reply to Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Out Roadside Bombs
    Interesting. It's too bad that there (currently) isn't an aerial unmanned version of the MICLIC that can destroy those roadside (and elsewhere) pests.

    DARPA.... get to work on it! #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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    Image of bonedog73 bonedog73
    11/02/09

    In reply to Mini HoverDrone Goes Up, Down and Into the Junk Drawer

    The smaller the gadget the bigger the frackin remote! WTF? #remotecontrol
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/02/09

    In reply to Mini HoverDrone Goes Up, Down and Into the Junk Drawer
    Paint it white and have fun frakking with professional badminton players. #remotecontrol
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    Image of Scratic Scratic
    11/01/09

    In reply to Mini HoverDrone Goes Up, Down and Into the Junk Drawer

    I like that they resorted to the old advertising standby. "If Boba Fett likes it, people will buy it." It's a little known fact that Fett is the reason that Cobblestone Kitchen's Strawberry Daiquiri Mix is a household name. #remotecontrol
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    Image of RenfredClymene RenfredClymene
    09/17/09

    In reply to Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky
    I work on the Predator program (which also includes the Reaper) and I can tell you that there's no way the Reaper would have continued it's "mission to target enemies on the ground" without operator input. It is not a fully autonomous aircraft. It can follow an "Operational Mission" which only includes where to fly, at what altitude, and at what speed. All other operations are performed by humans.

    When the plane goes "lost link" (losses contact with the pilot) it follows what is known as an "Emergency Mission" which is merely a pathway back to base marked by a series of checkpoints. If the aircraft regains link, (even for a split second) it goes back to flying it's operational mission until it losses link again. Once it losses link again it'll start the emergency mission over again (if it hadn't been updated since it last regained link) starting back at checkpoint number one.

    There's a good chance that it had gone lost link, started it's emergency mission and started heading home and then at some point regained link for a moment and then lost it again, thus causing it to turn around and start the emergency mission once again. This is usually a bad scenario because having had to restart it's emergency mission it may not have had enough fuel to complete the emergency mission a second time before making it back to base, thus an imminent crash was coming. The Air Force would rather shoot the plane down (thus destroying all the equipment on the plane) than let it crash and be retrieved by the Afghanistan government or military. The technology is valuable and one that sets the U.S. above all others in military warfare, it must be protected.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    09/15/09

    In reply to Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky
    just as long as john travolta doesn't make a movie about this -- it will be fine
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    09/15/09

    In reply to Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky
    gives new meaning to BSOD, huh?
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    Image of MaQ MaQ
    09/15/09

    In reply to Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
    I am panicking!!
    What will happen when it starts fighting back?
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    Image of Munch the BanNail Munch the BanNail
    09/15/09

    In reply to Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky
    Have you confirmed that this wasn't just a publicity stunt for Short Circuit 3?
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    09/15/09

    In reply to Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky
    Am I wrong in assuming that these drones cannot really do anything on their own?

    I mean this thing is not designed to autonomously select and attack targets right?

    Without a human operator it's just a nice RC gadget that can autonomously maintain altitude and fly back home, sometimes?
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    09/15/09

    @Coolmodo: Correct, it would just fly until it ran out of gas. The problem is if it was armed. Then there would be unexploded ordinance at the crash site, which depending on where it crashed could be used for ieds.
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    Image of SugouriWendy SugouriWendy
    09/15/09

    In reply to Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky
    @ shenanigans61 I'm an exUSAF airman who worked with support personnel for the Predator. The UAV's do not replace a pilot, seeing as how an actual Commissioned Officer Pilot flies them. However, they were considering training Enlisted personal E-5 or higher to pilot them. Either way. SOMEONE is always piloting them. The benefit is that it remove the multi-billion dollar aircraft from the sky, as well as the pilot out of harms way. There should always be a place for manned aircraft, if anything as a last measure for the impending robot apocalypse. But with all seriousness, at our current deployed level of technology, a UAV still cannot perform all of the complex tasks and maneuvers of say an F-22. And in the event we have to go against a hostile Air Power, I still think Manned Aircraft would be more suited for certain tasks. That's my opinion anyway.
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