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the raven , the puma ,

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the Shadow

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Hunter , The gray

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eagle . A new chapter in army aviation

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history was written when these unmanned

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aircraft as well as manned aircraft and

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troops on the ground worked in concert

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to provide a unique look at the battle

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space , music , manned unmanned system

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integration capability . For the first

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time , we flew live Shadow Hunter and

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gray Eagle from the same cockpit with

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the same software and the same hardware

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with the U . G . C . S . We have the

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universal operator , one person , one

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person flying all three airplanes .

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Universal ground control system is the

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heart of the music they are making .

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It's capable of controlling the flight

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and payload of multiple unmanned

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aircraft systems from a single ground

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control element . And there is a mobile

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unit for the soldier in the field . You

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really are enabling very quickly a

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common view of a particular area of

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interest on the battlefield , which

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improves what we call air ground

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integration . It's all about sharing

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information quickly throughout the

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battle space . Do it , do it , do it .

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This all adds up to a lethal

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combination when engaging the enemy .

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They can be looking around . They can

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develop information for the commander

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so he can make a determination whether

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the limited asset , the kiowa warrior .

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The Apache needs to be dispatched to a

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situation or an area prior to sending

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them out . The pilot will be able to

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see exactly what the VCS and uh also be

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able to transmit this information to

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the ground and also transmit his , his

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site video to the ground as well . The

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most versatile of the bunch is the gray

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eagle . It's equipped with an array of

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three cameras . The trick lops we said ,

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why don't we make the mini you GCS be

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able to control a sensor packed ball on

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the gray eagle uh , separate from the

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native sensor and why don't we have an

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additional sensor that we can hand off

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to the Apache operate ? This allows

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troops on the ground or pilots in the

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air to track multiple targets at once

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from different locations instead of

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showing up and hoping that they have a

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good visual picture from the

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description . We're getting that view

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in the cockpit versus being low to the

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ground . You're getting your developing

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that situational awareness and allow

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the pilots to be able to react more

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quickly . You can identify the , you

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have better situational understanding

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and be more lethal on the battlefield .

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The army is investing a lot of

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resources and effort to continue to

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grow this system . So it's the future

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of how we're going to operate on the

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battlefield . From Dugway proving

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ground . Utah I'm specialist chuck gil