There is already one, tho I think it uses GCAP in the title
Edit: This one
Yeah seemed a bit odd to me too, but that’s what they said. That was back in 2018 though, so could have changed since then.
1 Like
Don’t want to.
It’s literally just changing the band of the sensor (or adding -1 to the detection list on the LWR)
Ok, then what do you do about all the systems that don’t use LRF, but also use the - 1?
Well that’s where changing the band comes in, currently designators and beam riders are on 2 separate bands. I don’t see why they couldn’t swap the number of trackers to something new so detecting laser trackers is a new thing.
That most likely requires deeper changes in the code, if it even can be changed.
It really cannot be overstated how good Striker I and II are and how confident they are in their systems redundancy and capabilities, i’m personally very curious to see if for Tempest they just utilise a software updated Striker II initially or whether they make a new HMD.
I think having backup instruments is very important though just incase, there’s no way Striker II has never had a failure of some sort, and expecting the pilot to fly it down without any instruments is no small feat.
1 Like