A X47-B Navy drone approaches the deck as it lands aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush off the Coast of Virginia Wednesday, July 10, 2013. It is the first landing by a drone on a Navy carrier.
Drones And The Future Of War -- Michael P. Noonan, US News and World Report
My first in-the-flesh experience with drones came on a hot night in June of 2006 on an airfield tarmac in Taji, Iraq. Having exited a large CH47 Chinook transport helicopter and now waiting for a bus to take me and fellow soldiers to billeting, a loud, lumbering drone flew overhead at a height of about 50 feet off the ground. It sounded like a lawnmower was flying overhead. This was not a particularly sophisticated piece of equipment, but it was suited to its role of surveillance and conducting reconnaissance.
In the past seven years the sophistication of drones – also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned combat air systems (UCAS) or remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) if you are in the Air Force – have increased dramatically. On Wednesday, in fact, the Navy successfully conducted a UAV takeoff and landings from the aircraft carrier the USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia.
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My Comment: Drones have proven themselves on many occasions .... their future is assured. The big question that is now being asked is "how big of a future will that be".
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