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Apache Helicopters, UAVs Work Together

December 11 2008

USA

Lockheed Martin's new Video from Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Interoperability Teaming Level-2 (VUIT-2) datalink system is designed to connect U.S. Army Apache pilots with UAVs and ground controllers, Defense News reports.

VUIT-2 allows the pilots to view realtime video shot by UAVs and allows ground controllers to see imagery from the Apache's sensors, said a Lockheed Martin spokesman.

The system gives the military a new level of situational awareness, the company spokesman...

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