No sooner had it arrived, one of the five unmanned aircraft headed to California to be equipped with the so-called GMTI-over-Sea capability, giving it the ability to track moving maritime targets as well as moving land targets.
Infrared cameras help the drone assess damage and assist in directing relief efforts.
Here s What You Need to Know: Drones aren t only useful in military surveillance operations.
Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, buildings had collapsed and people were dying while others trapped beneath rock and debris called for help. To make matters worse, this was happening all while needed communications networks for rescue efforts malfunctioned.
Yet, somehow, many lives were saved and many other recovered while earthquake-ravaged Haiti embarked upon a lengthy rebuilding period. One lesser-known element of this story is that, as part of the relief and recovery efforts, U.S. military war drones were used for extensive surveillance of damaged areas to support rescue efforts and generate high-resolution imagery for response planning.
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