Leveraging the Motion Imagery Revolution: NATO Interoperability
Current UAV RS-170A analog implementation is “American centric”(525 lines, 29.97 fps), not compatible with European PAL (625 lines, 25 fps) systems
VISP compliant SMPTE 259M (4:2:2) has 625 line provisions, common digital interface (literally the same hardware for both)
- 259M (with ITU601.2 4:2:2) is used as a world-wide, digital video format interchange standard
Adoption of 259M will allow European based systems to work better with American systems (and vice-versa):
- Common control vans, ...
- Common UAVs, …
Migration to 720p format directly supports both 50Hz and 60Hz