Vanguard Wins Bid to Supply Montgomery County with ShadowHawk UAS
Posted April 11
“I am pleased to announce that Montgomery County has been awarded a Department of Homeland Security grant for a ShadowHawk® UAV. We are very excited about the funding and looking forward to placing the equipment into the field. Both my narcotics and SWAT units have been looking at numerous ways to deploy it and I absolutely believe it will become a critical component on all SWAT callouts and narcotics raids and emergency management operations “.
Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
... and we all know nothing goes wrong on a no knock warrant, unless something does.
--- HT to LG
Not just any UAV; here are the options from Danger Room:
ReplyDelete"The Shadowhawk comes in five different varieties and can be outfitted with a turbine or piston engine, CCD TV optics, infrared and thermal cameras, laser pointers, illuminators and range finders. Law enforcement has the option of adding 37 mm or 40mm grenade launchers, or if they feel adventurous, a 12 gauge shotgun. And who knows what other features come with the specialty military version of the chopper."
Even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7A-53dCWcE&feature=player_embedded
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