Tuesday, June 24, 2008

WWIII Technology Update: 30 MAV’s Heading to Iraq

By Noah Shachtman - Wired Blog
The Defense Secretary and Congress have been pounding on the Army, to start showing some results from its massive modernization project, Future Combat Systems. The Army is getting the message, sending a platoon of Future Combat’s flying robots to Iraq, immediately.
30 of the Micro Air Vehicles, or MAVs, “are on their way to Baghdad two weeks from now,” Future Combat Systems program manager Maj. Gen. Charles Cartwright tells Defense News
. (more and a cool picture here)

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