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News Technology CICADA gliding UAV is designed to deploy sensors behind enemy lines
| CICADA gliding UAV is designed to deploy sensors behind enemy lines |
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| Tuesday, 06 December 2011 17:17 | |||
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When soldiers want to gather intelligence in enemy territory, they often have to travel into that territory themselves, depositing acoustic, magnetic, chemical/biological or signals intelligence
sensors by hand. Not only does this place the soldiers in harm's way, but the logistics of such missions can also end up being quite costly. That's why the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Vehicle Research Section created the CICADA unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The tiny sensor-equipped glider was successfully tested at Arizona's Yuma Proving Grounds on September 1st...
Continue Reading CICADA gliding UAV is designed to deploy sensors behind enemy linesSection: MilitaryTags: Autonomous,
Reconnaissance,
UAV
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