DARPA’s new Android app can call in air strikes

Orvelin Valle
Nov 1, 2018 8:30 PM PDT
1 minute read
Drones photo

Photo: DARPA

Calling in air support just got faster, easier, and more precise. DARPA's new Kinetic Integrated Low-cost Software Integrated Tactical Combat Handheld system, otherwise known as KILSWITCH, enables troops to call in air strikes from an off-the-shelf Android tablet. The system could also be used with small UAVs to provide ground troops with greater situational awareness of friendly forces and enemy locations. KILSWITCH is part of the Persistent Close Air Support program, designed to bring fires on target within six minutes of an observer requesting them.

Here's a video of the system in action.  Read the full article at FoxtrotAlpha.com

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