Army seeks thousands of high-speed, low-Earth-orbit satellites to assist with ground attack targeting
WASHINGTON – An armored combat vehicle in Arizona engaged in a ground attack mission to destroy an enemy tank target, after receiving targeting cues via radio from an overhead surveillance drone, mini-drone, and helicopter. Kris Osborn at Warrior Maven reports. Continue reading original article
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
13 Oct. 2020 -- Details and locations on the target, however, first came from fast-moving, low-altitude satellites operated from the state of Washington.
The Army’s Project Convergence 2020, a live-fire experiment in the Arizona desert to prepare the service for accelerated, high-speed attack, leveraged advanced satellite connectivity to find and transmit target data quickly across large portions of the U.S., demonstrating new levels of cross-domain attack.
A series of smaller, faster, lower-altitude Low Earth Orbit satellites operating from Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state sent targeting information to live attack experiments in real time happening at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., bringing new dimensions to high-speed, long-range targeting.
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