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Drone Can Spot a Face in a Crowd 

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By Robert H. Williams 

An unmanned aerial vehicle that originally was designed to detect improvised explosive devices and land mines can now be equipped with facial recognition technology that is aimed at helping homeland security officers protect U.S. borders.

The ICARUS anti-terrorism force protection UAV platform with upgrades also can be used for aerial observation and countermeasures for IEDs and laser targeting of hostile personnel.

Law enforcement officials in the United Kingdom and Germany have said the application of facial recognition technology has bolstered efforts to track criminals and persons of interest.

Manufactured by Homeland Securities Strategies Inc. of New Rochelle, N.Y., the vertical take-off and landing UAV features auto-pilot, automatic landing, auto hover and GPS tracking. It is managed by a laptop-based graphical user interface that has live wireless streaming audio, video and telemetry feeds.
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