Army wants unmanned aerial systems to jam signals, carry more weapons

/ October 18, 2015 at 3:45 PM
The Army wants to upgrade its fleets of aerial drones with electronic jamming capabilities and more weapons, but whether it will have a budget to do so anytime soon remains to be seen, service officials said last week. "There's no doubt in my mind that in the future, unmanned systems will have other roles than [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance]," said Col. Thomas von Eschenbach, the director of the aviation capabilities development and integration directorate at Army Training and Doctrine Command...

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