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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

US Apache Longbow's to get direct UAV video link for targeting

The US Army will field a live video streaming system in the third quarter of this year which will enable its Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter crews to receive data directly from the service's unmanned air vehicles, plus some air force and navy strike aircraft.

Approved for roll-out across nine of the army's Apache battalions by the end of fiscal year 2009, the video from unmanned air systems for interoperability teaming Level II - or VUIT-2 - system will show streaming images from nearly all US-operated UAVs now operating in Afghanistan and Iraq on the Apache's multi-function displays.

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