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0:00 Teaser
1:11 welcome back Hanky (moustaches still matter)
3:28 Combat Dragon II background
7:34 initial requirements?
9:55 kinematic flares?
11:30 further OV-10 mods and integration
17:49 previous experience vs new mission and capabilities?
20:43 when speed is not life?
23:00 MX15 sensor suitability/fidelity
25:47 sensor fusion?
28:06 Mission
30:24 Reaper vs OV-10G
35:00 last preparations prior to deployment
37:50 availability
42:10 mission system availability
42:55 program objectives to achieve other than combat efficacy?
44:20 weapons and weaponeering
49:02 rocket effects
50:15 threat picture
52:20 personal readiness?
55:24 the deployment
59:38 aircraft paint scheme? Any sanctuary at night?
1:01:12 8 hour vul and comfort levels
1:03:48 standout missions
1:07:28 time sensitive targeting, preplanned or dynamic?
1:11:05 “living with the customers”/integration with SF?
1:13:13 deployment details
1:14:10 did it feel experimental and conclusions on platform suitability
1:17:40 was it a proper joint program or was knowledge shared effectively?
1:21:10 lessons learned
1:26:52 system/platform balance?
1:31:44 how open source, effected by bureaucracy?
1:34:20 ease of snapping to new capability without having to face airworthiness testing
1:35:29 does “off the shelf” mean vulnerable in other respects?
1:37:50 crew competence and system accessibility?