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The new Blue Force Tracking system has been selected in order to avoid air-to-ground fratricide

Washington, USA - A solution for problems occurred in Afghanistan and in Iraq

Pentagon is accurately appraising possible solutions in order to face the problem regarding air-to-ground fratricide due to mistakes during air-to-surface missions. The answer would consist in the new Blue Force Tracking system (Bft), based on a symbiosis between computers and GPS satellite global positioning system, aimed to enable pilots to recognize with higher accuracy friend personnel on the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 61814
Rome, Italy, 04/16/2004 13:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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