You probably have heard about themagical visual image system in the F-35 , the fabled Electro Optical distribute Aperture System ( or DAS ) that feeds all variety of data point topilots using devil helmets . Now it just got a new lineament that makes it indistinguishable from Tony Stark ’s peak : unfriendly soil fire detection . see out this cool — and real life-time — test .
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fit in to Northrop Grumman , DAS has now added “ uncongenial ground fire detection to its capability by successfully detecting and locating storage tank that were evoke unrecorded round during planning for a military exercise . ” The exam worked flawlessly , they say , as the picture shew :
While being vanish on Northrop Grumman ’s BAC 1 - 11 trial aircraft , the DAS detected and located tank fire from an operationally substantial aloofness . In add-on to artillery unit , the system is able to at the same time observe and pinpoint the location of rocket and anti - aircraft artillery fire in a wide area .
They take that this capability will greatly help background forces and other aircraft , as this information will be gathered and shared in existent time as the F-35 perform its mission in opposition territorial dominion . Also , this will facilitate the airplane to leave with “ confining air documentation and ground fire targeting . ”
The DAS is a material - time visualization , targeting , and situational awareness wonder that combines the feed from six advanced infrared digital photographic camera located around the aircraft and other sensors - like microwave radar - into a seamless panorama . [ YouTube ]
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