Advanced Airborne Reconnaissance System (AARS)

The Advanced Airborne Reconnaissance System (AARS) is a high-altitude, day, night and all-weather reconnaissance pod designed for integration with manned and unmanned aircraft. It is a dual-band system that provides three fields of view for medium- and long-range reconnaissance and overflight opera tions.

The system is designed to eliminate mission-specific pod changes; allow preplanning for all missions and target types; enable real-time, in-flight mission retasking; and...