by David Axe | Aug 2, 2012 | Monitor
Blackhawk medevac helicopter. Photo: Army It’s one of the most dangerous missions on the modern battlefield — and one of the most important. Crews flying big, vulnerable and sometimes unarmed helicopters brave gunfire, bad weather and rugged terrain to...
by Robert Beckhusen | Jun 25, 2012 | Monitor
The A160 Hummingbird chopper-drone during a test flight. Photo: Boeing This month, the Army planned to deploy to Afghanistan an unusual new drone: an unmanned eye-in-the-sky helicopter programmed to use high-tech cameras to monitor vast amounts of territory. But now...