- Reaction score
- 63
- Points
- 530
Tremendous capability for the ground forces to be able to see what the UAV/aircraft see's from above.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/09/mil-070927-afpn03.htm
9/27/2007 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Officials from U.S. Central Command Air Forces recently received the 2,000th remotely operated video enhanced receiver, a small laptop with an external antenna that allows joint terminal attack controllers on the ground to coordinate more accurate air strikes.
The device is rapidly gaining popularity among military units throughout Iraq and Afghanistan, officials said.
"A picture is truly worth 1,000 words," said Lt. Col. Matthew Bannon, the CENTAF Combined Air and Space Operations Center chief of reconnaissance. "With the ROVER, a JTAC can see a real-time video feed from the aircraft's targeting pod on his laptop allowing him to be right on target."
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/09/mil-070927-afpn03.htm
9/27/2007 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Officials from U.S. Central Command Air Forces recently received the 2,000th remotely operated video enhanced receiver, a small laptop with an external antenna that allows joint terminal attack controllers on the ground to coordinate more accurate air strikes.
The device is rapidly gaining popularity among military units throughout Iraq and Afghanistan, officials said.
"A picture is truly worth 1,000 words," said Lt. Col. Matthew Bannon, the CENTAF Combined Air and Space Operations Center chief of reconnaissance. "With the ROVER, a JTAC can see a real-time video feed from the aircraft's targeting pod on his laptop allowing him to be right on target."
