Mini-RPVs, intended to explore feasibility and military utility of very low-cost vehicle for battlefield reconnaissance and laser target designation missions is one of four built by Philco-Ford. The 30-lb. avionics playload, housed in removable capsule, contains a wide-angle tv camera for vehicle navigation plus narrow-angle tv camera and miniature laser designator whose lines-of-sight are gyro-stabilized. Plastic radom encloses gyro-stabilized mirror. Slightly heavier night-operations version will carry infrared imaging sensor.


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    Title :

    Mini-RPVs Tested for Battlefield Use


    Additional title:

    Ferngesteuerte Mini-Flugzeuge fuer Kriegseinsatz


    Contributors:
    Klass, P.J. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    2 Seiten, 2 Bilder


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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