The Boring Job Of Being Responsible For Drone Footage Analysis

Jonathon Johnson, an air interdiction agent for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, pilots a Predator B unmanned air vehicle (UAV), April 3, 2009 at the Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The Predator B has been flying and observing flood dangers along the Red River. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, U.S Air Force/Released)

Drone Footage Overwhelms Analysts -- Washington Times

Pentagon looking for better ways to sift through data.

The U.S. military is fast running out of human analysts to process the vast amounts of video footage collected by the robotic planes and aerial sensors that blanket Afghanistan and other fronts in the war on terrorism.

Speaking at an intelligence conference last week, Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he would need 2,000 analysts to process the video feeds collected by a single Predator drone aircraft fitted with next-generation sensors.

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My Comment: I guess drone operators and analysts are experiencing what soldiers on the ground experience all the time. Hours upon hours (days and days) of sheer boredom, followed by sheer terror and excitement for a few minutes.