Drone Alone? The Spy Plane That Now Comes With Or Without A Pilot (And A Black Box Memory Stick) -- The Daily Mail
It has been hailed as the future of the spy plane.
An intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft that can be flown either robotically or with a pilot aboard was unveiled yesterday.
The Firebird will allow the U.S. military to simultaneously gather real-time high-definition video, view infrared imagery, use radar and eavesdrop on communications, it is claimed.
Incredibly, it has an interface like a memory stick that can be plugged into a PC without the need for additional software.
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