Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Avid developing new UAV concept for Homeland Securuity

'A potential terrorist slips across the U.S. border under the cover of darkness. Unchallenged, he disappears into the night - or so he thinks. Unknown to this intruder, he's been detected all along - from 20,000 feet. And now, as he rests behind a rock, he's being watched by a 2-foot-wide unmanned aerial vehicle hovering quietly a few feet away. Moments later the suspect is captured by federal agents alerted to his location. Mission completed, the UAV lands nearby, where it is picked up and readied for the next assignment.

This scenario is envisioned by AVID LLC, a leading designer of unmanned aerial vehicles that is developing an innovative new, patent-pending UAV concept to fulfill two strategic homeland security missions with one platform.'

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Posted by Darren at March 31, 2006 10:06 PM | More from UAV News |