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With a view on the screens of downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Mark Bigham, director of business development for US Raytheon Tactical Intelligence Systems, uses a Playstation-style console to maneouvre the 'aircraft', as he shows the company's newly-unveiled control system for unmanned drones, at the Farnborough aerospace show, in Farnborough, England, Thursday July 17, 2008. There is rapidly growing use of umanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, in both military operations and civil environments around the world. The war on terror has spurred the use of drones in combat areas, with unmanned aircraft currently flown by the U.S. Air Force and the British Royal Air Force in both Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)