The advantages of this kind of interoperability are multi-faceted. “HFD involves the same function that would serve as a cueing sensor as part of an APS system” Klager said. To Read Warrior Maven's Active Protection Systems story CLICK HERE. While APS, in concept and application, involves threats larger or more substantial than things like small arms fire, there is great combat utility in synching APS to HFD. APS technology, now being assessed on Army Abrams tanks, Bradleys and Strykers, uses sensors, fire control technology and interceptors to ID and knock out incoming RPGs and ATGMs, among other things.

Potential integration between HFD and Active Protection Systems is also part of the calculus, Klager explained. The location of enemy fire could then be determined by a gateway processor on board the helicopter able to quickly geolocate the attack.īy Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven Feb 8, 2020

This system, integrated onto Apache Attack helicopters, uses infrared sensors to ID a “muzzle flash” or heat signature from an enemy weapon. Over the years, there have been a handful of small arms detection technologies tested and incorporated into helicopters one of them, which first emerged as something the Army was evaluating in 2010 is called Ground Fire Acquisition System, or GFAS. “AI also takes other information into account and helps reduce false alarms,” Klager explained.ĪI developers often explain that computer are able to much more efficiently organize information and perform key procedural functions such as performing checklists or identifying points of relevance however, many of those same experts also add that human cognition, as something uniquely suited to solving dynamic problems and weighing multiple variables in real time, is nonetheless something still indispensable to most combat operations.

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