Its been done before and its being put on the MV-22 is a blast from the past. Whether or not its known as such is beyond me, but if it isn't tribal knowledge then the Marine Corps is losing touch with its institutional history. The above pic is of an OV-10D. If I'm not mistaken they slaved the gun with the pilots view through the FLIR mounted on the nose of the airplane.
A simple and elegant solution that seems to have eluded the otherwise fine folks at NAVAIR. Its time to get our house in order. First we need a detailed study of our history...both in battle and research...and then we need to proceed with programs that we actually need. If we don't then all we'll be doing is repeating blasts from our past.
