Why do private operators want drones: So a machine meets the enemy first

Fort Prague, North Carolina – I play a lot of video games, and in front of me looks familiar enough: a built -in portable console on a laptop.

When picking the console with confidence, I thought my games years would give me an advantage. I was ready for a drone flying across an abandoned city, or so I thought.

Movement controls – up, down, front, back – were very sensitive, much more than I expected.

I tried to fly a drone to an empty concrete building. She wandered at her edge and landed on the street. Then I traveled up and down a little, and crashed several times when I went.

I said, “I am not good in this.” He agreed to the American army’s private operator who was trying to train me, and told me that I may not do a good drone.

The good thing is that I do not need this particular skill, but soldiers who are preparing for future battles and modern war need them as much as they do small and field weapons skills. Drones become an inevitable part of war.

The war is changing

The operator took the control unit and turned effortlessly inside and outside the small windows in the buildings. Cut the sharp corners and rise through the open air. It made her look easy. it’s not.

The US Special Forces are accusing and training for drones, and working closely with industry partners on the necessary capabilities, then sharpening the skills necessary to operate them effectively.

In the US Army Special Operations Command exercise in Fort Prague, North Carolina last week, drones were everywhere. The small quadquopies, unrestricted ground vehicle systems, robot dogs, concentrated ammunition, and more than that were displayed.

The operators and officials have been martyred with a number of reasons that make the non -transformed systems a priority.

Done aircraft

He pointed to one of the drones with wheels, Brian Boya, director of ground robots capabilities in the Usasoc department under the center of power update, said the goal is to “get rid of the first contact ever being a human being.”

Poya indicated that the drone allowed the operators to extend their eyes and ears in the battlefield.

It was a smaller drone – white and tearing on the ground – near. He said that this one is mostly for reconnaissance and intelligence purposes, and to collect information about potential enemies in both urban and medium environments instead of a human or military dog.

The drones are among the smaller Earth equipment available to private operators, so that the teams can capture and carry them. One lasted about 30 lbs weighs.

Quadcopters

From the first show, or FPV, Quadcopters was sitting nearby. These are smaller, unwritten, lightweight air systems that are used to either collect intelligence or drop smaller loads.

The operators said that one of the main features of these types of drones is the ability to adapt – the ability to change the sensors and the load based on the requirements of the task. It is also very mobile, relatively easy to learn, – perfectly – developed, meaning that operators can use them in swarms.

A variety of companies participate in the production of different types of drones, and one of the operators said that the important project ensures that technology can work with other systems through similar programs.

Since technology is developing very quickly, there is often a discussion surrounding whether the drone learning is an additional duty for operators – or a completely new job in itself.

One of the army’s special forces’ operators, who asked not to be identified for security reasons, said that the team may decrease to the type of drones.

He said that “anyone can capture it in a drone with limited controls,” anyone can capture it in 20 seconds. “But Quadcopter, for example, is something that requires more flight and maintenance skill,” this is a job. “

Racing munitions

Some other non -transmitted air systems, or UAS, such as the UVISION champion, are shown to ammunition and Switchblade in Aerovironment. Slavery to ammunition is one -way drone that flounders in an area before hitting a specific goal.

Uvision hero has smaller and larger models; It is easy to transfer the previous to the soft operators, while the latter requires a launch platform and designed for larger ranges.

Switchblade, a parked ammunition, was also used by the US military for more than a decade and has witnessed great use in conflicts in the Middle East. It is designed to be small, although there are larger models as well. This technology, such as FPV Quadcopters, is widely employed in Ukraine.

Robot dogs

It was multiple robot dogs – a quad -ground drone – in Capex, including one to a gun on her head. One of these models was from Ghost Robotics.

These drones were the increasing interest of the army all over the world as ways to enhance the arrival of soldiers and reconnaissance, as well as keeping human beings and dogs away from harm.

It is controlled by one of the operators, the comfort mode in the robot dog appears, such as the dog sitting. After it rises, he can move on his four legs, wrap it and go to look around, and run. When the camera indicates at the forefront of the direction, it feels like a dog looking.

The operators, who asked not to be identified for security reasons, told Business Insider that the biggest challenge with all these drones is to learn all the control elements and different specifications.

The operators have said that it has become a greater demand, and is in line with SOF, the largest transformation of the great power and its preparation for a war with proximity or levels, a battle that can witness a heavy use of drones, as well as counter -measures such as electronic warfare.

It is a process that brings the new Warfurg technologies, but one of the operators said, “We are very good at integrating and training the teams to make sure that everyone is at the same wavelength when it comes to how to merge Suas [small uncrewed aerial systems] And UGVs in the battlefield and on a team.