How Drones Are Changing The U.S. Army

Specialist Joshua Gabbard tests a Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV), intended for reconnaissance operations in buildings or at vehicle checkpoints. Toby Jorrin for The Wall Street Journal

For Army, It's The Charge Of The Drones -- Wall Street Journal

Military Tests Robots, Other Gadgets to Help Soldiers Scout Battlefield in Real Time; Costs May Cloud Initiative's Future.

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M.—In a remote stretch of desert in southeastern New Mexico, the U.S. Army is experimenting with gadgetry that may play a key role in the battlefields of the not-too-distant future.

Beer-keg-shaped drones hover over a simulated battlefield, tracking targets of interest. Small, portable robots with an odd resemblance to the computer-animated hero of the movie "WALL-E" peer around corners, relaying sound and digital images. Sensors silently track enemy movements.

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My Comment: And this is only the tip of what is possible .... one can imagine what will be in the military of the future in 30, 40, ....50 years .... that is if the defense budget does not get gutted by then.