US Army Enhances Pocket-Sized "Cargo Pocket ISR" UAV

Military scientists at the US Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development and
Engineering Center (NSRDEC) are advancing pocked-sized surveillance
technology designed to be deployed by ground-based warfighters.

Airborne battlefield surveillance is nothing new but, until now, the results have
generally been fed back to commanders, not troops.

CP-ISR - the Cargo Pocket Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
programme - aims to develop a highly portable system able to expand current
individual situational awareness limits by studying local operating zones
in real-time.

"The Cargo Pocket ISR is a true example of an applied systems approach for
 developing new Soldier capabilities", explains NSRDEC's acting technical director,
Doctor Laurel Allender, in the US Army's pocket drone programme press release.

"It provides an integrated capability for the Soldier and small unit for increased
 situational awareness and understanding with negligible impact on Soldier load
 and agility."

[Armed Forces International News - July 2014]
Posted by Paul Fiddian - 23/07/2014