Small military BLOS UAS crashes in private back yard

[Old Man]

One of the least reliable military BLOS sUAS is evidently being used for base surveillance here at home.sUAS used by the military. Made by Aerovironment.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/05/15/military-drone-crash-lands-colorado-residents-yard

 

[cootertwo]

I wonder who's watching the watchers? Big Bro at it's best.

 

[jfro]

I wonder how much trouble someone would get in if a government drone crashed on your property, you take it inside and if there is an SD card in the camera, you pull it out and try to look at it?
Then if you don't call authorities, but they figure out you have it, what happens if you try to keep it?

 

[Old Man]

Government property remains government property, even if it's in a ship wreck on the bottom of the ocean 1000 miles out to sea. They covered all the bases pretty well. OTH, most of the smaller UAS they use do not have any means of being tracked once power to the system is cut off. Most of them have pretty high current drains, and the GPS system is not designed for ground broadcast The signal is easily blocked by ground structures.

I was provided a few Ravens that needed fixed while overseas. They didn't have a repair facility. I was outside of their loop but had the tools to fix some of the broken ones and modify others for other uses.