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Old 15th Aug 2009, 15:39
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Some I agree with some I don't. Control links for UAVs are not that bandwidth hungry (eg. PREDATOR A is 10s of Kbps) but it is the Full Motion Video(FMV) streaming that takes all the bandwidth (eg. PREDATOR A is about 2-3Mbps). In other words the FMV is 1000 times more bandwidth hungry.

Now with future advances in compression techniques then the problem will start to go away -if I had told you back in 1978 that you would have 200odd digital colour channels on your TV now, then you would have laughed at me (there's still nothing decent to watch!).

Now, manned aircraft flying 14hr+ ISTAR missions are definately going to be a thing of the past in the future. Develpomental aircraft such as BAeS MANTIS are being designed to stay airborne for 24hrs+. That's a very sore bottom for the aircrew types if we go back towards manned aircraft!

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