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Larry Dighera wrote:

Where is the up-side of domestic UAV operations?

do you equate UAV operations with only military use?

In my opinion, the only justification for removing the pilot from the
aircraft is if the mission is too dangerous to risk human life.

so you don't see any mission that would involve a platform airborne
for more than 24 hours?

I see no reason for 12-hour endurance for border patrol.

You need to think a little out-of-the-box. Consider a platform
operating at an optimum altitude (say for sensor coverage and
comm range) that takes a considerable of time climbing to that
altitude. It could be useful to minimum the number of climbs
through lower altitudes in order to not interfere with small aircraft
operations.

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Bob Noel
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