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BAE
Systems, working under an $11.5 million U.S. Air Force contract
with industry partners and the Air National Guard, incorporated
and demonstrated the long-range data link capability the TARS.
The system, deployed with early model Air national Guard F-16
(Block 30) provides high-resolution imagery and is designed
for medium-altitude recce missions. The data link capability
provides real- and near-real-time transmission of images from
TARS to a surface terminal, or to any other compatible ground-based
receiving equipment.
"The new data link capability provides a significant operational
enhancement, as image specialists can review these images while
the reconnaissance mission unfolds," said Mario Vega, TARS
program manager for BAE Systems in Greenlawn, New York. "Based
on the received imagery, missions can be altered within a given
sortie based on information about prospective new targets of
interest."
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