A New Era in Close Air Support: Revolutionary Handheld Link 16 Capability - 4 Min

in the chaos of combat dismounted ground forces need to directly interact with close air support aircraft in order to quickly and accurately identify friendly from foe pouring unreliable voice communications adds another level of confusion and uncertainty to an already high-stress situation and this can lead to a number of deadly mistakes now with via SATs battlefield awareness and targeting system dismounted or bats D ANPR C 161 radio air and ground situational awareness is fused right in the palm of your hand for the first time in history a single dismounted warfighter has the ability to directly interact with incoming aircraft digitally identify friendly location and designate enemy targets for air attack using nothing but a handheld link-16 radio [Music] contact RPG one o'clock sounds a second settled one to julienne strips exotic equipped to me here my vision shut up once you're a dick you like an outlaw flight you are pushing for Mike using the vias at-bats d PRC 161 radio joint terminal attack controllers and other dismounted downrange operators can digitally share situational awareness information with pilots with pinpoint accuracy in a matter of seconds [Music] [Music] gobias at-bats d PRC 161 enables air-to-ground integration forces to find fix and finish targets at an exponentially faster rate with greater accuracy than ever before significantly decreasing the risk of fratricide with the ViaSat bats the PRC 161 radio dismounted ground forces can directly communicate with other aircraft and be accounted for in the common operational picture bringing new advantages to the battlefield this access helps automate duties to shorten kill chain timelines reduces the likelihood of accidental blue-on-blue engagements and increases the effectiveness of coordinated forces rather in the air on land or at sea military forces around the world count on ViaSat for link-16 innovations that transform missions and make new kinds of operations possible from software programmable multi-channel comms to advanced networking capabilities to developing the world's first handheld lynx 16 radio ViaSat brings breakthrough innovation directly into the hands of war fighters delivering maximum flexibility and interoperability across any mission and platform to ensure full situational awareness across the battle space you

Channel: Viasat

Views: 27,717

Keywords: BATS-D, BATSD, Handheld Link 16, Digitally Aided Close Air Support, DACAS, Close Air Support, CAS, Link 16, Link16, JTAC, Joint Terminal Attack Controller, Forward Air Controller, Tactical Air Control Party, TACP, Combat Controller, CCT, Link-16, DLS, Data Link Solutions, FAC

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Length: 4min 21sec (261 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 10 2017