Move Over PSIM – Drones May Be Ultimate “Situational Awareness” Tool
Technological advances could enable unmanned aerial systems
(UAS) to deliver radically improved situational awareness within five years,
according to the top executive at unmanned aircraft developer General Atomics.
No doubt, drones have their ups and downs. They are killing
bad people, and some good people, too, in Afghanistan. A half dozen or so are
patrolling the U.S. northern and southern borders, although two recently lost
their software brains up in Canada. And law enforcement is looking at them for
crime prevention after British police announced upcoming experimental patrols.