Members of the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron from Indian Springs, Nev., perform pre-flight checks on a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle prior to a mission in this November 9, 2001 file photo shot at an undisclosed location.
Once closely guarded military secrets, remotely operated unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are now widely known to play a vital role in modern wars. But while most people recognize that UAS are extremely important, they usually don’t know how they are controlled and by whom.
TechNewsDaily was recently invited to take a rare behind-the-scenes tour of a UAS ground control station in Italy that is jointly shared by the Italian and U.S. air forces to demystify some of the operations of these robot warrior aircraft.
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