Invented for the United States Special Forces by DARPA, the ARGUS system is a cutting edge surveillance technology. It has been claimed to be able to capture up to 80 years of footage at a time. ARGUS is a 1.8-gigapixel imaging array constructed from 92 different 5-megapixel sensors. This imaging system can monitor up to 36 square miles. Since it has different sensors it can be focusing on different objects and pointed in different directions in order to cover every possible vantage point. For the people back controlling it, they can see 65 different video windows at once, each one able to scale separately. To make this system successful in search and rescue or other missions where surveillance would come in handy, it needs a viable counter part to put it in a good vantage point.

That's where the A160 Hummingbird comes in. As a remote controlled Helicopter it can stay in the air for a day. This means that the army can have massive amounts of data for one session. With the A160 Hummingbird and ARGUS combined, the army is capable of tracking several objects at once. The Hummingbird can fly up to 15,000 feet high and has a loiter time of 20 hours.

With this piece of amazing technology, the army can preform multiple different missions. These missions could include artillery, search and rescue, air recon, scouting for enemies, and searching for missing vehicles. Their are many ways the army can use this, for example, say a squad was stranded in the dessert with very little food or water and the enemy was nearby, the army wouldn't have the manpower to be able to look for them but with the new A160 Hummingbird they'd be able to scout multiple places at once without risking any lives and eventually find the stranded soldiers.

As this is a new technology the army wont' be able to use this new piece of technology until it has been tested. So far three have been completed and are headed out to Afghanistan where they will be tested and if all goes well, put into combat.

Hopefully the A160 Hummingbird with the ARGUS system will be found to be combat worthy and put into action. With this, many lives of soldiers could be saved and it may just tip the balance of power over in the war a little more to our favor.