The system is designed for directing aviation onto enemy ground targets and automates the process of guiding all types of helicopters and aircraft such as the Su-25, Yak-130, L-39, etc., to ground and aerial targets.
Primary functions include:
- Input, display, and transmition of information on the combat composition, deployment, combat capabilities of the army and friendly forces;
- Receiving air situation information and transmitting it to the pilot’s tablet;
- Providing data on the location of enemy objects and target designation for them to the pilot's tablet;
- Calculating, plotting, and providing flight routes for combat missions to the pilot's tablet;
- Performing preliminary air navigating flight calculations, etc.
The system can be mounted on any type of chassis.
The use of “Pustelga” within a unified reconnaissance-strike complex enables:
- Increasing the depth of the Forward Air Controller’s guidance area by up to 10 times;
- Improving the justification for selecting targets for airstrikes;
- Reducing the reaction time of strike aircraft;
- Increasing the reliability of target destruction;
- Engaging (or designating) objects (including mobile ones) in any weather conditions, day and night (using the mode of navigational bombing);
- Reducing losses of strike aircraft from enemy air defense systems.
The complex allows for the full integration of the Forward Air Controller into a unified reconnaissance and command loop, solving one of the key problems: increasing the speed and accuracy of aviation guidance in conditions of intense countermeasures and saturated electronic warfare.