Empire Challenge 07 shows success of ISR integration (with ScanEagle)
USJFCOM - August 30, 2007
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EC07 also provided a testbed for the ISR integration capability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Kittle said the Scan Eagle UAV, a small non-combat UAV currently deployed with U.S. Marines in the Iraqi theater, tested very well.
He said Scan Eagle worked in conjunction with the experimental Joint Battlespace Awareness/ISR Integration Capability (J-BAIIC), a Naval Postgraduate School-managed ISR testbed that provides video for relay to individual convoy commanders. J-BAIIC also allowed the transfer of data from the Scan Eagle into a data library for easier access.
"Scan Eagle did a lot of work. It was airborne for several hours everyday and provided a lot of video that was used during the event itself," said Kittle. ...'
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