"Minority Report" Spiders Coming!

You're a terrorist hiding from US troops in Mosul. What could be more terrifying than an army of mechanical spiders -- the same ones that sought out Tom Cruise in Minority Report -- entering his lair?

Well, how about if they're flying?

If Boeing's Future Combat Systems is successful in its endeavors, in a few years, a soldier will be able to pull a Micro Air Vehicle out of his pack and send it off, up stairs and around corners in urban warfare settings, giving the soldier a view of what's inside.

Future Combat Systems is a $21 billion program to transform the U.S. Army by networking soldiers with vehicles and surveillance devices, including unmanned ground and aerial vehicles. Boeing is a lead contractor on the program, which already employs 700 people at Boeing's Huntington Beach campus and 4,800 more across the country.

The program is meant to reduce the "fog of war," or the confusion and chaos that can result when soldiers don't know the location of other forces, including their own.

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