That show was pretty much Pred/Reaper centric, it was done very well, but was still fairly tightly focused; there's other UAVs out there.......I hate the label "drone".............UAV or RPA is more accurate. I work with a UAV every day at my job (sensor operator), and I think folks are getting influenced a bit too much by Hollywood, which adds to the bad info...perhaps this is by design. The acft I fly does everything, we just tell it what altitude to fly and what heading. The computers figure out everything else, like flight control inputs and throttle setting. As "smart" as they are, they are actually pretty dumb. There isn't a way where it it would go rogue, if the acft loses link it either flies in a circle or flies it's way home on a pre planned, pre approved route. As far as having them flying domestically, that's a whole different ball of string. Some folks say it is an invasion of privacy, while others say if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about. All I know is that there are many laws and regulations governing "collecting" imagery here in the states. Federal land is one thing, but looking in your neighbors window is another altogether.
