Enerdyne Technologies, a ViaSat company, has announced the successful demonstration of its DVA (digital video over analog links) technology interoperating with a ROVER video receiver. The DVA allows low-cost conversion of the video link between an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) transmitter and a ROVER receiver to a digital link encrypted with AES-256.
With an installed base of nearly 8,000 units the ROVER is used in a variety of combat applications to receive analog FM video transmitted from many unmanned aerial system (UAS) platforms such as Predator, Shadow and Hunter UAVs. But…