An Intuitive Pointing Device (IPD) will be installed and tested aboard one of the French Navy’s PAG type patrol vessels.
We talked about this device earlier, I thought it might be used for more than just its designed purpose, perhaps even replacing our alidades.
I wanted to provide the video above, that explains some of the features of the device and better shows how it is installed.
The PAG vessels referred to in the report all operate in the Western Hemisphere, based in Martinique and French Guyana, so there is a good chance Coasties will have an opportunity to see this system, and discuss their use with their French counterparts.
According to the video the device is currently used by nine different navies, those of the UK, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Malaysia, Morocco, Korea, and Norway, so we might have other opportunities to take a look at it.
French Navy PLG light patrol vessel La Confiance in combined anti-drug training with US Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser. French Navy picture.
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US Navy and USMC are using LA-22/U “GLARE HELIOS” a Handheld Class 1M Ocular Interruption Device developed by M.E. Meyer’s of Germany…
( http://soldiersystems.net/2017/10/02/144965/ )
It is not really the same thing.
The LA-22/U is also “Waterproof” to a water depth of ~40-meters…
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