A Predator drone flies a training mission over Victorville last year. The robotic plane was controlled by a pilot on the ground at the U.S. Air Force 163d Reconnaissance Wing of the California National Guard at Southern California Logistics Airport. Credit: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles TimesCombat Drones' Computer Systems Reportedly Infected With Virus -- L.A. Times
A computer virus has infected the U.S.-based cockpits of the military's Predator and Reaper drones, according to media reports.
The robotic planes are controlled remotely from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada as they fly above Afghanistan, Libya and other war zones. The drones are manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. at its sprawling campus in Poway.
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