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AUVSI 2012: JIEDDO outlines unmanned airborne initiatives

7th August 2012 - 00:26 GMT | by Scott Gourley in Las Vegas

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Speaking at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2012, George Pappas, from the US Department of Defense Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) Capability Acquisition Center, outlined a range of unmanned aerial platforms that have been applied to date in efforts to defeat the IED threat.

‘The counter-IED mission from the air is increasing in importance,’ Pappas observed, going on to list airborne systems with counter-IED capabilities that have been deployed to date.

Warrior Alpha, for example, which Pappas described as a Predator-type UAV, was an early purchase made for both Iraq and Afghanistan. They provided full motion video and

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