Inside the OA-1K Skyraider II: Armed Overwatch Revealed

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Light Attack Story, Part 6 – OA-1K Skyraider II | Buck Walker | 10PCT EP70

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0:00 teaser - advanced intel processing capability
1:03 Welcome back Buck and see you at RIAT!
2:34 Light Attack gives way to armed overwatch
12:25 single sensor problem
17:24 limitations of aircraft in the stack drives the specifications for Skyraider II
20:35 When 3 (visual) sensors aren’t enough, there’s provision for a fourth (Thales radar)
25:25 L3/Air Tractor division of development work?
26:50 Armed Overwatch competition/competitors
32:10 ground loop anecdote
33:40 Bronco II incident and background on some of the people involved in the program
36:30 Skywarden is the the winner
39:05 cockpit view
40:10 edge processing/AI processing of intel
41:04 Sensor displays and capabilities
45:25 endurance anecdote
48:28 adaptability and versatility
49:40 negatives
52:20 question time - looking back to the 2017 incident and the ever changing command structure
1:00:13 potential theatres for Skyraider II and suitability
1:05:38 weather equation
1:11:17 Thales radar option
1:12:17 loadouts, magazine depth and potential targets
1:17:30 finer points on the competition
1:21:10 scenarios
1:28:48 making it work?
1:35:20 Skyraider II - performance and employment
1:43:30 operators
1:47:20 timeline to IOC
1:51:05 night only? setting the record straight on Gunship day ops
1:54:25 RPA operator challenges
2:00:10 winding up and teasing AC-130