TARPS-CD
Tactical Air-borne Reconnaissance Pod System - Completely Digital
Under task order contract to the Naval Research Laboratory
(NRL), SDL integrated digital imagery with real-time digital recording, data
link transmission and display to create Tactical Air-borne Reconnaissance Pod
System - Completely Digital (TARPS-CD). The initial phase of TARPS-CD was successfully
demonstrated in June 1998 as the first completely digital system to provide
real-time transmission of step framing imagery to a ground station with real-time/near
real-time image display capabilities. Currently configured for use with a Navy
F-14 Tomcat reconnaissance pod, TARPS-CD consists of a digital electro-optical
camera, a DoD standard
Common Data Link (CDL) transmitter/receiver, digital recorders, and a Navy Input
Station (NAVIS) with real-time Image Display Software (IDS). SDL’s IDS
provides the capabilities for processing, displaying and manipulating tactical
reconnaissance imagery received in real-time from CDL
or from tape.
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