There was a system on the 777 called Aircraft Health System (AHS). It transmitted the health of the aircraft to a station so if there was a problem the airline could have parts waiting to turn the aircraft as soon as possible. The Army was going to use a similar system on the Future Combat System (FCS) vehicles but the program was aborted. Perhaps that’s what they are referring.
They need a civilian version of Blue Force Tracker. They spent millions looking at alternatives after they lost the Air France Airbus and of the three options they came up with the US military have been using for years.
One was an auto tracker. We have that on numerous platforms.
The second was a system that ejects the black boxes before a crash. This used on the C5 aircraft, a portion of the tail detaches and carries a beacon.
The third was a system that sends a signal before a crash. Flight data can be incorporated into the tracking system already in use.
You mean somebody figured out potentially giving that information to the enemy is a bad idea? Brilliant!