Russia's defense
industry has developed a new drone system which allows direct control from
command points to enhance 'network-centric warfare' capabilities.
Russia's newest unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are to be equipped with a new system adapted to 'hybrid warfare' that has been developed by Rostec's United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (OPK), the company's general director Sergei Sokov told RIA Novosti.
The new system allows for an exchange of information between command posts and individual UAVs in real time without a ground-based intermediary, allowing for a quicker response time, according to Sokov. The new system is being implemented on the Korsar reconnaissance UAV currently undergoing flight tests.
"OPK has completed work
on on-board radio-electronic equipment created in the spirit
of the context of 'network-centric warfare.' This innovative system is a
base for building unmanned aerial vehicles, which could be integrated int
modern automated battle control systems," Sokov told RIA Novosti
at the Ministry of Defense Innovation Day expo.
Sokov added that the system includes an unplatformed
inertial navigation system, an onboard recording system and a software-defined
radio system. The onboard radio-electronic equipment developed by OPK is
universal and can be installed on any type of UAV.
Network-centric warfare is a military doctrine oriented
toward elevating military capability through information and
communications dominance and unifying battle participants into a single
network. The doctrine is considered to be part of what is called
hybrid warfare.
Source: Sputnik News 05-10-2015
