Elisra's TVDL to be integrated into Elbit Systems' C4I suite

Elisra today announced that its highly successful Tactical Video and Data Link - TVDL system is going to be offered as an integral part of Elbit Systems' C4I suite and its heliborne version HeliC3om, to afford helicopter pilots the added benefit of fully integrated battlespace video and data dissemination capabilities.

The TVDL, which is already fielded and operational on dozens of combat helicopters, is known to have dramatically improved the hit rate of aircrews. Now, as a seamlessly integrated component of Elbit's C4I suite, the TVDL can be operated and controlled as an integral part of the complete situational awareness system; video and telemetry data can be displayed in real-time on the Multi-Function Display (MFD) unit and fed into target tracking and monitoring systems, and impact imagery can be fed back to the TVDL for delivery upstream to decision making echelons and to ground forces.

Common visual language and enhanced situational awareness
By receiving real-time video and telemetry data from UAS payloads and relaying the information to other aircraft and to forces on the ground, the TVDL enables creating a common visual language among all players in the battlespace, enhancing their situational awareness and helping them to quickly and effectively close the sensor-to-shooter loop and deal more efficiently with targets of opportunity. Aircrews can relay visual intelligence to commanders on the ground and receive the "clear to shoot" almost instantly.

The TVDL is an advanced video and data receiver/transmitter system especially designed for installation on combat helicopters. Very compact and low-weight (P-kit weights only 2.8 kilograms), the system easily fits even in the most cramped cockpits and enables real-time, broadcast-quality video imagery and data captured by UAS payloads or ground-based sensors to be displayed directly in front of the aircrew integrated with Elbit's heliborne C4I system - HeliC3om, saving the need for lengthy and cumbersome radio dialogue with ground forces.

Higher precision strike and lower operational risk
TVDL can simultaneously transmit the received video and data, and deliver imagery captured by onboard payloads to tactical forces in the battlespace, for enhanced co-ordination and battle management. Video and data can be relayed to a variety of users, including other helicopters, ground forces, Combat Information Centers and the like. Operating at L, S or C band, the system is equipped with a variety of antennas for enhanced receive/transmit range coverage and superior intelligibility.

The TVDL augments current systems by giving helicopter pilots video data from off-board sensors that reduce target identification times and improve precision targeting capability. This video link reduces the helicopter's exposure to battlefield threats and increases standoff distances from those threats as critical airborne attack tactics and engagement scenarios are formulated. The TVDL also supports advance video display of Forward Arming and Refueling Points (FARPs). Thus, the video link improves precision strikes and reduces operational risks associated with the attack helicopter mission

Source: Elisra

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