Line of Sight test brings out tactical side of X-45A

Source URL: http://www.edwards.af.mil/archive/2005/2005-archive-x45_los.html
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/399

1/21/05 – EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In a follow-up to the successful Dec. 9 sortie that transferred control of the X-45A to a control station nearly 900 miles away and back again, the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems test team here will demonstrate a transfer of command and control using Line of Sight, or LOS, capabilities on two of the unmanned aircraft scheduled for Saturday.

The LOS flight test is a major milestone in Block 3 software testing geared more toward tactically demonstrating the unmanned aerial vehicle's distributed command and control capabilities.

"This demonstration is asking the airplanes to be more tactical," said Sam Kim, J-UCAS test conductor. "Once the planes have been handed off from the primary pilot, the pilot in the area of responsibility, or threat area, will manage both aircraft and direct one of them to capture radar images.

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