FPASS

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FPASSForce Protection Airborne Surveillance System (US Air Force unmanned air vehicle)
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In 2007 the Fpass office switched to the Aerovironment RQ-11B Raven B, which had already been adopted as the standard 'Small Unmanned Aircraft System' by the US Special Operations Command, the US Army and the US Marine Corps.
Securing the base: on 14 July 'hundreds' of insurgents attacked a temporary combat outpost in Afghanistan's Kunar province near the Pakistan border occupied by 45 members of the US Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and 25 soldiers of the Afghan National Army. The attack inflicted the highest casually toll in more than three years, with nine US soldiers dead and another 15 wounded
The Air Force Electronic Systems Center Force Protection System Program Office first deployed FPASS last year.
Security technologies should be networked, Pentagon says
"FPASS was specifically designed to be used by cops," said Major Mike Giger, FPASS program manager.
Airborne Surveillance System keeps security forces safe. (News From Washington)
One of the sensors, which is linked to the 'enhanced Tass' (eTass), is the Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk miniature unmanned air vehicle, developed for the US Air Force as the Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System (FPass).
Hand on the trigger: forward operating bases (and troops) are some of the most valuable and definitely the most vulnerable assets available to any commander. Keeping the front-line forces safe, and doing so without putting innocents in danger, requires an innovative mix of planning, equipment and technology
The other principal electrically powered mini-drone in American service is the 3.2 kg Desert Hawk, which was developed by the US Air Force Electronic System Center to meet a Centcom Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System (Fpass) requirement.
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