Flush from recent combat success in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. Army officials are touting a new generation of sensors to help gain battlefield advantages while protecting soldiers from a wide range of threats/Robotic and unmanned sensors are being used to avoid placing soldiers―already operating under hazardous battlefield conditions―directly in harm's way, especially inside darkened enemy caves and tunnels. The Army considers the use of sensors and unmanned systems significant to its transformation capabilities and Future Combat Systems (FCS). This approach is so important that a rapid equipping unit that reports directly to the Army's vice chief of staff is fielding robots, remote unattended sensors and related datalink technologies.
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