High-Tech Airborne Gear Networks Paratroopers
[Kris Osborn]
Kris Osborn
Yesterday at 6:54 PM
An Airborne satellite network gives paratroopers combat-relevant details while enroute to an assault
Army paratroopers jumping out of C-17s to descend from the sky into an assault on enemy locations -- will now land equipped with better intelligence information to achieve their combat objective, attack enemies and perform missions.
The Army has deployed and emerging airborne satellite system which allows paratroopers to communicate with voice, video and data while flying toward their mission.
The technology, called Enroute Mission Command Capability, or EMC 2, is currently fielded with the Global Response Force at Fort Bragg, NC, a unit including portions of the service’s 82nd Airborne. The GRF is tasked with forcible-entry parachute assault into hostile, high-threat areas, according to Army statements.
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1682844-in-flight-army-paratroopers-get-attack-intel
