Small hand-launched unmanned aircraft are taking on a greater role in providing full-motion video to ground forces as sensor advances and operating costs lead the military to evolve larger tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into sophisticated multi-intelligence assets.The largest user of UAS, the U.S. Army is shifting the basic electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imaging mission to small platforms such as the AeroVironment Puma while adding capabilities to its AAIRQ-7 Shadow tactical svstem.
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