Drones To Patrol US Borders
By Chief Robot. Filed in Military, Robot News |Tags: UAV
Supposedly the border between the US and Mexico will soon be patrolled by the UAV known as Predator B.
The UAV(Unmanned Airial Vehicle) is made by a company called General Atomics and the Predator B will be based in Florida to patrol the Gulf Of Mexico. The Predator B has special sensors for detecting things in or around water and the main goal is to detect drug smuggling. A secondary goal is to catch human traffickers.
Customs and Border Protection will use a two person team to operate the UAV. One will fly the plane and one will operate the sensors.
Check out the Predator B specs in this PDF file.
Click through for a video of the Predator B at an Air Force base in Grand Forks.
Link via (Boing Boing)
