MQ-9 Reaper And It's Pilot. Image from FlickrFrom IDGA:
No other weapon has changed the way the US military wages war in recent years like the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Dyke Weatherington, the deputy for the UAV planning task force in the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said this month.
Since 2006, the amount of time spent on operations involving unmanned systems have grown from about 165,000 hours to more than 550,000 hours annually.
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My Comment: The focus of this report is on aviation and the growing role of UAVs in this environment. What should also be acknowledged is what the Army and Navy are presently doing. They may be a few years behind, but advancements in robotics and communications will also revolutionize how warfare will be fought when this systems become operational.
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