Military to give deploying troops an information boost by automating marching orders for unmanned vehicles

The Mil & Aero Video Blog, 7 June 2011. Military commanders have a crucial need to look over potential battlefields even before deploying their forces. Military researchers are looking for a way to gather sensors aboard unmanned vehicles quickly to give troops a big information advantage before they move out.

Please see also:

-- Golf ball-sized thermal camera that weighs about an ounce introduced by DRS for unmanned vehicles;

-- DARPA to develop rucksack-size, bird-like UAV for perch-and-stare persistent surveillance;

-- Northrop Grumman to provide BAMS maritime surveillance UAV with ability to sense and avoid other aircraft;

-- Boeing to adapt A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter to carry optical persistent surveillance, SIGINT payloads;

-- Navy UCLASS program to develop carrier-based unmanned aircraft with surveillance and strike capability by 2018;

-- Army unmanned vehicle buy to apply 94 military robots for bomb disposal, route clearance, and surveillance;

-- Mercury Computer Systems to deliver hyperspectral imaging system for unmanned surveillance equipment; and

-- UAV PAYLOADS: Trident Systems to provide UAV payloads contract for persistent surveillance on small unmanned vehicles.