He had used the device hundreds of times to record the positions of air defence systems deployed in training exercises.
To find it, no spies need be recruited, no costly, esoteric intelligence collection systems deployed," he writes.
In many cases the systems deployed were blamed by the trusts for a series of IT problems which cost them millions of pounds in financial penalties.
Since 2004, the number of unmanned systems deployed in Iraq, for example, has gone from less than 200 to more than 18,000.
"People have a lot of negative perceptions of speech technology, because the speech systems deployed first were pretty bad," says Mr Hong.
Health officials tested water and sewage systems, deployed stress management teams and counselors, made sure babies had formula and tried to find temporary homes for elderly people who rely on oxygen, insulin or other medical maintenance.
According to figures released by the NHS, of the 1,028 systems deployed by the regional lead contractors so far under the programme 827 were carried out by Accenture.
In addition to the current technologies aboard mine-clearing ships and sonar sleds hauled through the water below MH-53 helicopters, the Navy is increasing the number of unmanned, remotely piloted systems deployed in the region.
