CRITICAL NEED FOR SUPPORT - ANG C-130 aircraft Personnel Recovery (PR) forces are trained and equipped to utilize stand-alone ROVER technology to enhance battle space awareness when forward deployed away from tactical operations centers. However, no airborne reception / broadcast capability is fielded currently in a small Unmanned Aerial System that can be deployed out of a C-130.

STATES IMPACTED - All C-130 ANG Aircraft at CONUS and OCONUS sites.

MISSION CRITICAL NEED - The current aircraft configuration does not provide the equipment to digitally communicate, provide adequate video imagery, or be able to find, fix and track points of interest. An enhanced Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO?IR) UAS sensor will provide; Full Motion Video (FMV), Video Data Link (VDL), increased Field of View (FOV), cursor-on target/infrared cueing, low-light television, hyper multi-spectral sensors, thermal imaging and a target laser range finder/designation capability.

DEPLOYMENT JUSTIFICATION- With the above technology C/HC/MC-130s will now be able to organically collect and disseminate real time images of survivor for dissemination to other PR forces and command and control agencies using a small UAS to assist

FUNDING JUSTIFICATION - Funding for program will be a candidate for he NGREA (APPN 0350) budget allocation

USAF FUNDING TO DATE - AFSOC / SOCOM is procuring this capability for their aircraft as well

ANG REQUIREMENT - For each of the C/HC/MC-130s in the Air National Guard, a small launched UAS system is needed