Look out New York - in case one of these tests gets a virus or something goes wrong

[sad sally]

Reaper drones to fly out of Drum
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Oct 7, 2011 7:21:48 EDT

FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Unmanned Reaper drones are expected to begin flying training missions out of Fort Drum as soon as the Federal Aviation Administration gives the OK.

The MQ-9 Reapers will be confined to restricted military air space within a radius of 30-50 miles of the army installation in northern New York. FAA approval is expected within a week.

Air National Guard pilots from the 174th Fighter Wing at Hancock Field in Syracuse will remotely control the flights. Maj. Jeff Brown of the 174th says the plan is to fly just one Reaper at a time for now.

The Reaper is used for intelligence-gathering, combat search and rescue, and ground attacks. Army officials say the pilots will randomly pick out targets such as buildings and vehicles to observe during the training flights.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/10/ap-reaper-drones-to-fly-out-of-drum-100711/?du

By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, October 8, 12:55 PM

WASHINGTON — A computer virus that captures the strokes on a keyboard has infected networks used by pilots who control U.S. Air Force drones flown on the warfront, according to a published report.

Wired magazine reported Friday that the spyware has resisted efforts to remove it from the computers in the cockpits at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, where pilots remotely fly Predator and Reaper drones in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/report-computer-virus-hits-us-air-force-drone-program-pentagon-mum-on-impact/2011/10/08/gIQAu?du

[madrchsod]

1. i guess a virus is more complicated than a automoble fuzz buster but...

both were just as effective in scrambling signals...