Airborne Gropund Surveillance Aircraft

Lake finds out why the ability to detect, pick out and track enemy vehicular movements is a key element in achieving information superiority, especially when combined with the ability to relay tactical pictures to ground and air force commanders. Cost growth and technical difficulties led to the SOT...

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Published inMilitary Technology Vol. 42; no. 7/8; p. 38
Main Author Lake, Jon
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bonn Monch Publications 01.01.2018
Subjects
Airborne surveillance radar
Attack aircraft
Cockpits
Engine blocks
Military aircraft
Military technology
Military weapons
Pictures
Surveillance
Tactical units
Workstations
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Summary:Lake finds out why the ability to detect, pick out and track enemy vehicular movements is a key element in achieving information superiority, especially when combined with the ability to relay tactical pictures to ground and air force commanders. Cost growth and technical difficulties led to the SOTAS and PAVE MOVER being combined into the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) project, which also incorporated some of the technology developed for TACIT BLUE. Instead, there have been a number of attempts to keep JSTARS viable, including new processors and workstations (included in the Block 20), a glass cockpit, an MP-RTIP radar replacement (abandoned), an engine upgrade (not completed) and a postulated datalink upgrade (which remained unfunded).
ISSN:0722-3226