Finalist in Best Technological Sciences Program
Pangloss Films, LLC for NOVA/WGBH
Drones. These unmanned flying robots – some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds – do things straight out of science fiction. Much of what it takes to get these robotic airplanes to fly, sense and kill has remained secret. But now, with rare access to drone engineers (including an interview with the “Father of the Predator,” Abe Karem), and those who fly them for the US military, NOVA reveals the amazing technologies that make drones so powerful as we see how a remotely-piloted drone strike looks and feels from inside the command center.
English, 55 minutes