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Hunter UAS Now Fielded With Tactical Common Data Link

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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently announced it has equipped and fielded the Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL) on an Army Hunter MQ-5B Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) that has deployed to support the Afghanistan surge. TCDL increases data transfer rates and doubles the communications range on the MQ-5B Hunter, enabling additional payload capabilities. With the addition of the TCDL, Hunter now complies with requirements for all modern UAS aircraft to have encrypted data and video links, the company said in a statement.…

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