USAF Taps ESPN To Compile Drone "Highlight" Video

Posted by timothy on Friday December 21, 2012 @12:13PM from the quarterback-is-toast dept.

mbstone writes "The Air Force has a problem: Its drones generate thousands of hours of video (I almost said 'footage.') And most of it is miles of endless desert. USAF needs to distill the highlights, if you will, and nobody does it better than ESPN, the TV sports network. Air Force officials have asked ESPN for help in analyzing the 327,384 hours collected just this year. What we really need in times like these is sportscaster Warner Wolf. 'Let's go to the videotape, pick it up right here, Taliban in the home black.'"

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Sensationalized headline, once again by YrWrstNtmr · 2012-12-21 12:49 · Score: 5, Informative

FTHeadline:
USAF Taps ESPN To Compile Drone "Highlight" Video

FTA:
Air Force officials have met with the sports cable network ESPN to discuss how it handles large amounts of video that stream in. The visit resulted in no technological breakthroughs, but helped in developing training and expertise, the Air Force said.

C'mon guys. Just a little bit of a clue?