Roadside bombs have long represented the greatest killer of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, but there's hope beyond the sturdy little demolition bots that already work with their human handlers. The Pentagon now has two aerial drones on the testing docket as possible countermeasures for improvised explosive devices (IEDs)--one of which we're calling 'Helipanda' for the remainder of this post. I think you can see why. The Air Force Research Laboratory assigned their new copter the more lethal-sounding name "Yellow Jacket," and gave it special anti-IED instruments that include an "unintentional electromagnetic emissions" sensor.
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