Providing
reliable high quality digital video and audio signals
in real-time, to fixed or portable ground receive sites,
the MX-POD includes an externally mounted antenna pod,
which houses two antennas.
1.
High-gain antenna
Auto-steering
Sends a narrow focused
microwave signal for a long range signal
2.
Omni-directional antenna
Provides
circular beam dispersion for close-proximity tactical
situations
Allows
for multiple distributed receivers in a wide area simultaneously
receiving the downlink signal
The
MX-POD transmits microwave signals produced by a COFDM
digital transmitter unit in the aircraft.
COFDM provides digital
high quality signals under difficult transmission conditions
Image reception is possible
under non-line-of-site conditions (short range)
MX-POD is also available
with an integral analog transmitter unit
Integrated
into the same MCU that controls the MX turrets are
the communication, antenna steering and control electronics:
Control of the steerable
antenna is based on high accuracy aircraft position & information
from GPS and inertial navigation units
No additional external
gyro’s, compass or compass calibrations required
Aircraft position is
downlinked to receive sites using “NAVTRACK” data
– Enables
ground receive sites to automatically track the aircraft
WESCAM’s MX-Pod is compatible with the following products.
