(Mint Press) - In a new study from the United States Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC), it was found that remotely-based drone pilots experience combat-related mental issues at a rate equal to or greater than that of regular combat pilots that fought in American combats in Iraq and Afghanistan. The AFHSC, “which analyzes health
Remote Drone Operators Suffer From High Levels of Stress
With a view on the screens of downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Mark Bigham, director of business development for U.S. Raytheon Tactical Intelligence Systems, uses a Playstation-style console to maneuver the ‘aircraft’, as he shows the company’s newly-unveiled control system for unmanned drones, at the Farnborough aerospace show, in Farnborough, England, Thursday July 17, 2008. There is […]