Saving Soldier Lives With Unmanned Systems

April 06, 2010

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- When it comes to unmanned systems, the Army's scientists and engineers along with program managers and contractors have given Soldiers on the battlefield tools designed to save lives and complete the mission against ever-changing threats.

And those systems are keeping the U.S. one step ahead of the enemy, said Maj. Gen. Jim Myles, commander of the Aviation and Missile Command and Redstone Arsenal.

"This is a war of adaptation," Myles said. "They counter. We counter. I've watched what you did to be an integral part of countering what the enemy wanted to do to us. Unmanned systems save lives. Soldiers are able to learn how to use these systems on the battlefield. You gave them the tools."

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