The Raven digital data upgrade is being done with the $300 million allocated by Congress earlier this year to increase intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. (U.S. Army)U.S. Army To Give Raven Digital Datalink -- Defense News
The U.S. Army plans to equip its Raven UAVs with a digital datalink so that more aircraft can fly in a given combat area, said Army unmanned aerial systems project manager Col. Greg Gonzalez.
"We are buying 50 new Ravens and retrofitting 200 [of the Army's current 375-plus] which we will start fielding in early 2010," Gonzalez said.
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Most UAV systems transmit data with analog systems, which limit the amount of information which can be transmitted in a certain area, Army officials said.
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