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Article: New system allows vehicle GPS to track location while in flight.
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- M2 Presswire
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-4 November 2009-US Army: New system allows vehicle GPS to track location while in flight(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery (HIMARS), drove their High Mobility Artillery Rocket System out the rear of an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Oct. 22, with a new advancement that will get them into the fight faster.
The 'Hot Panel' program allows the HIMARS to link into an aircraft's GPS and track itself in the air, anywhere in the world. The advancement will allow Soldiers to switch between a land mode and an air mode so the vehicle ...