The heroine pilot drone strike video. U know the one.

[Jack Crossfire]

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/004992.html

Original?

http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=198319&page=1

Well OK. This was obviously a recruitment video showing a simulated attack, the "pilots" were actors & most of us will never see a heroine UAV pilot in our lifetimes, but still a great video. Just wish the dude would shut up.

All the photos of real life show them crammed into tiny trailers, staring at tiny 12" monitors. Doubt there really is a huge living room with 30" monitors.

Surprised how much concentration those actors have. You'd think they'd have fully autonomous systems like us hobbyists.

[Jack Crossfire]

fake comment since no-one read this story

[airmcn_3]

I read it and it’s kind of funny.

The acting is horrible!!

How nice would it be to sit in such a plush place and fly multi million dollar UAV's around rocking the bad guys world......

[mrortega]

Has to be staged. No way would someone's identy be displayed. Also the shots of the "controllers" keep moving around.

[gkamysz]

I read it, just had no comment.

There was a woman who piloted the Predators at Oshkosh. They had a whole command trailer there. While it wasn't 53 foot semi trailer it was about 40 ft long and looked very comfortable.

Greg

[johnorama]

This is obviously a marketing video using a flight and payload simulator. It appears to be a technology demonstrator showing how a single crew can operate multiple predators. These 2 are not actors, and they are not "acting". They are obviously certified predator operators doing what they really do, but with a simulator. They are using actual checklists to guide their training to get a mission done.

The most unrealistic portion of this whole video was the quick response from the "controller", who was likely pretending to be communicating to the UAS crew from an airborne forward control aircraft (like an AWACs). There would normally be more of a delay for various reasons.

Also, no one is flying 2 UAV's from 1 control station over the battlefield or outside a controlled test range, especially with weaopons onboard.

[RCAV8R13]

We have several lady operators at Insitu. One of them is one of our most experienced operators and is routinely intrusted with our most expensive and delicate development aircraft.

Kip

[Jack Crossfire]

RCAV8R13 wrote:

We have several lady operators at Insitu. One of them is one of our most experienced operators and is routinely intrusted with our most expensive and delicate development aircraft.


Well, that made us feel better. Truth be told, it only takes 1 heroine
to make U guys feel like there R several.