Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) is a DARPA program that seeks to demonstrate dramatic improvements in close air support (CAS) capabilities by developing a system to allow continuous CAS availability and lethality to Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs). [1]

DARPA recently demonstrated its Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) prototype system on an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, marking the system’s debut on a U.S. Air Force platform.

2015年9月21日 · With 50 successful sorties, the test showed that a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) on the ground can command an airstrike with three clicks on a tablet, DARPA stated. During the test, ten sorties featured live-fire weapons engagements using a mixture of laser- and GPS-guided munitions.

The A-10PCAS (Persistent Close Air Support) is a drone variation of the A-10 Warthog attack aircraft. Development of the A-10PCAS began sometime in the 2000s. It was developed by DARPA for the first several years of its life, intended to be optionally manned.

2015年9月23日 · DARPA recently demonstrated its Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) prototype system on an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, marking the system’s debut on a U.S. Air Force platform.

2015年9月22日 · DARPA recently demonstrated its Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) prototype system on an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, marking the system's debut on a U.S. Air Force platform.

2012年3月8日 · DARPA, Raytheon, Aurora, and Northrop Grumman are hoping to demonstrate an unmanned twin engine A-10 Warthog as part of the PCAS program. The goal of the PCAS program aims to give the joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) on the ground a point, click, and kill technology inevitably cutting out the middle man.

2012年2月24日 · The goal of the PCAS program is to demonstrate the capability for a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) on the ground “to visualize, select and employ weapons at the time of his choosing from...

DARPA's Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program envisions more precise, prompt and easy air-ground coordination for close air support—delivery of airborne munitions to support ground forces—and...

2015年9月19日 · DARPA's Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) prototype system integrates automated, digital, real-time coordination capability into a military aircraft system. (Video:...