This seems like a good example of "just because you can, it doesn't mean you should."
If the squad leader needs to control his own eyes in the sky, then someone above him isn't doing their job. Why do we need so many layers of command and control and staff positions out the wazoo if, when troops hit the ground, they're flying their own UAV's? I wouldn't have wanted this even as a platoon leader.
We actually had UAVs at the company level (Ravens, if I recall correctly) and they had no use in terms of reconnaissance or surveillance. The range was inadequate, the control box and screen were not reasonable to bring along on a patrol, the picture was too shaky to see anything, and you needed a decent strip of flat ground for takeoffs and you needed someplace soft nearby to land it. We ended up just using them to buzz suspected mortar and sniper positions to see if we could get some guy to shoot at it and give away his position - which worked about one time out of a hundred attempts. It was eventually retired, boxed up, and used as a card table by my armorer. There were also other issues, but I don't know if I would be breaching OPSEC so I'll leave it at that.
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