Ukrainian Air Force use iPads in Soviet-era jets to control modern Western weaponry

The Ukrainian Air Force is using iPads, or similar tablets in the cockpits of its Soviet-era jets to enable rapid integration of modern Western air-to-ground weapons.
#Ukraine #War #Weapons
This has been confirmed by Undersecretary of Defence for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William LaPlante.
While many questions remain about the tablet and how it exactly works, there’s now footage showing it fitted in cockpits during combat (or at least live-fire training) missions.

[@vsyokhoroshoy]

Imagine mid fight and getting a mandatory software update

[@leenaandrade3057]

😂😂😂

[@dennisseah9403]

Reminds me of that scene in Space Force. Auto-update. 😂😂

[@park1776]

imagine getting a notification from clash of clans like "russia attacked your village" in combat 💀

[@Codename_Horizon]

Man is getting on the defense RIGHT AWAY

[@galvinstanley3235]

If it works it works.

[@Beavereaver]

They custom built a latching system to latch western missiles onto Soviet era planes and they control it using a amplified Bluetooth connection with an iPad.

[@larsrons7937]

The Ukrainians never cease to amaze me, they're so innovative and full of inspiration.

[@jeffhouston4365]

Anything for a few bucks

[@tu1469]

@@larsrons7937you’re a bot

[@donwyoming1936]

​@@larsrons7937This wasn't Ukrainians. This took western engineers quite a while to develop

[@larsrons7937]

@@donwyoming1936 Maybe. In that case thanks for the info. And it leaves my comment still standing.

[@wolfecanada6726]

It's the current 'killer app' for the iPad

[@The_ZeroLine]

Commercial tech has had exponentially more R&D funding, development and testing. So, this is zero surprise.

[@FuuzBeeen]

"Damnit, it wants me to sign in again..."

[@ChocoLater1]

Necessity is the mother of invention

[@lilComm1e]

Great quote!

[@nathanhoffman20000]

I know she is older but the F-16 is so badass. Check your mirrors.

[@user-McGiver]

YEP...THEY'LL FLY SIDE BY SIDE, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER SOON...

[@galvinstanley3235]

​@@user-McGiverThey need jamming pods on them.

[@CatchUlaterAdvetures]

The fact that Ukraine even has an Air Force at all attests to their ingenuity and their fighting spirit.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Is there a point in doing something that will obviously not succeed?

[@lindus9201]

@@gdiwolverinemale4th Yea I agree, it makes no sense that russia is still in Ukraine. They were supposed to be the second strongest army in the world, but on their third year they have only taken 15 % of Ukraine.

[@rwh5350]

@@lindus9201yeah and that’s all because of the strength of the Ukrainians not due to the billions in aid they have received? How’d that spring “offensive” go…..when are elections in Ukraine again?

[@NANI-ms4ws]

​@@lindus9201dont forget about 330+billions of dollars that Nato gave to Ukraine!

[@ConradAinger]

It attests to their losses having been made good by replacements too.

[@Sunshine-sl3kr]

imagine lagging out during combat ...

[@amartinjoe]

it went from a landline to a cell phone in one easy swoop.

[@WhenTheTucker]

For anyone wondering, in the footage, it looks like they’re using Foreflight, an IPad App mainly used by almost every pilot for flight planning and navigation. In General Aviation in USA, almost every pilot I know uses Foreflight (or Garmin for android. They both function practically the same), and I believe it would be the same outside of the US. In terms of aviation as a whole, this is still relatively new tech but that’s because all of aviation is just so old school that it took years for the FAA to recognize the normal usage of IPads in the cockpit. I don’t know how they’re using it to control their weapon systems, but this isn’t a new or uncommon thing. It also isn’t “old school” or making use of resources, they’re just doing something the rest of the world already has been doing. What’s weird is that they’re using it for fighter aircraft but I’m not a fighter pilot so idk. A reason I can think of is that using an iPad is better and more cost effective than installing GPS into these fighters.

[@iggvec5769]

Beautiful 💙💛

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Yeah, the pastel colors on iPads are so soft and calming

[@4DCResinSmoker]

Amazon "Fire" Tablet ?

[@humbertomonteiro6742]

Smart Ukrainians, slava Ukraine

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

That is going to work wonders. Particularly when the screen saver kicks in. Or when it needs a finger press to unlock. Then, there is always the numeric code option ... fast

[@user-McGiver]

@@gdiwolverinemale4th and yet it works!...

[@jessicaregina1956]

Stupid Ukraines, slave ukraine.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

@@user-McGiver they'll say anything. The Ukromaniacs believe they will win by impressing on FYT

[@aaroncruz9181]

Ghost Gaming

[@adriannn1180]

I love how when Russia was seen doing sorta the same thing then everyone booed on them but now Ukraine is soooo smart... lmfao

[@uku4171]

When were they doing the same sort of thing?

[@joohyunkyoung5905]

Lots of civilians with old planes wanting a cheaper alternative to glass cockpit conversions put on IPads all the time.

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

slava BRICS!

[@Codename_Horizon]

Brazil is a shithole, Russia is a shithole, India doesn’t want to do anything with y’all because of the war, China is a shithole, and idk even know what the S is doing rn.

[@Torontoball]

Plot twist: they're watching skibidi toilet

[@MaXwellFalstein]

It could be a GeTac tablet 🤔

[@farang_lao]

USB-C to Arduino type I/O controller like the one seen on the right side of the tablet. Cable trailing off into the guts of the ancient Russian weapons mgmt system. Very nice piece of monkey patching 👍 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@zippytrippy3041]

I'm waiting for this in War Thunder

[@brucestafford1813]

With modern bluetooth and wifi tech this is not in concept so hard to implement.

[@zerotheboxer]

If it aint broken why fix it 🤷‍♂️

[@Lombardo.diVino.-sd2iv]

Da TeliGraf is always on good splif

[@uku4171]

Let's all welcome Apple into the MIC

[@Robert-fs1pb]

I got one of those to play a video game.

[@patlecat]

Did Apple sponsor this video?

[@weler2491]

I've seen an apple sticker inside an artillary system as well, ukranians are really funny lol

[@larsrons7937]

The Ukrainians are so innovative, so full of *inspiration.*

[@julianpetkov8320]

PMC Predatel is getting wreaked. Check the front line.

[@jeffhouston4365]

Yes, Zelebsky is very inspired by every million bucks he gets for himself... for doing what he's told to do... But I don't think he'll live too long after sacrificing nearly half a million of ukrainians

[@Codename_Horizon]

@@julianpetkov8320where Wagner 😢

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Do they fly or just play DCS on the ground?

[@kmm1863]

us 60 billion aid to ukraine are these tablets

[@Lombardo.diVino.-sd2iv]

The famouse two-ipAd 1 package.

[@centriccashew6473]

I thought the ukrainians were getting Western Jets

[@karlwalther]

F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes Near Holloman Air Force Base; Pilot Safely Ejects and Taken to a Hospital

[@newjsdavid1]

US uses iPads too

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

> TANTO

[@3800TURBO]

Clever chaps. The ability to adapt will win them this war.

[@theon2769]

Ukraine using ipads: Ingenious, smart, modern, crafty Russians using a simmilar thing: stupid, outdated, rag tag mad max, Double standards.

[@philipharris-smith5889]

It also allows for some good gaming not just sov style hearts inflight.

[@FGCH03]

So?

[@dougaltolan3017]

"or similar" JUST DROP THE IPAD BS!

[@jessicaregina1956]

Game changer?😂

[@bananaok6194]

Mig 29 and su 27

[@williewillie7717]

Slava Ukraine💛💙

[@Batlee45]

Nice story

[@dfui.]

Ghost of Kiev 😂😂😂😂

[@user-McGiver]

they're all ''Ghosts of Kyiv''... it's a title... not a name!

[@robertsteele474]

@@user-McGiver . Nay, "Ghosts of Kyiv" was the name of the failed UA videogame propaganda footage in 2022.

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

Cool helmet

[@indrahaseo]

because they're ghost of kyiv after all 💙💛

[@tzenimatralala5607]

😂😂😂😂

[@dret74]

I get it.

[@dfui.]

🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@bradlygbsndeandre6366]

I wonder if all of these MIGs have a back door that allows Russia to regain access

[@jordanmacconnell97]

bavck doors wernt a thing when this aircraft launched. Its mostly analoge.

[@maartilium]

Russians arent that smart pr forward thinking

[@farang_lao]

Backdoor into what? There's nothing to backdoor into, we are not talking F22 tech here. Analogue hw for the most part AFAIK

[@robertsteele474]

@@farang_lao ...to the iPads, genius, and whatever they supposedly "control".

[@teddy-liker3058]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 is already several steps ahead of Russia and now they will be given what they need to defeat the aggressors

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

It is several steps ahead of Russia retreating. By the end of the year, it will be at the Polish border

[@user-McGiver]

@@gdiwolverinemale4th THE WAR IS OUT THERE TROLL... GO AND FIGHT IT!... BECOME A STATISTIC!

[@edharma1069]

Those would -not- be "iPads".

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Hygienic pads perhaps?

[@robertsteele474]

@@gdiwolverinemale4th ..depends...

[@pratikmohite6202]

just a stunt

[@Optimistic7718]

😂😂😂😂

[@1589chicago]

Looks like nothing more than foreflight app used by most pilots airline military or general aviation....

[@bilelsk9000]

and this makes them what ? top guns ? fucffing propaganda

[@nathanielnachtigall7074]

whole 29 planes? :>

[@acoustic5738]

Is for navigation...your report is very unacurate.

[@galvinstanley3235]

If it's for navigation,that helps them with western made weapons.

[@hippityhoppitydayum]

Getting tired of footing the bill for this war....

[@PauloRLustosa]

Zelensky's Ucraina does'not exist anymore.

[@user-McGiver]

LET ME GUESS... FLATEARTHER RIGHT?.... RIGHT!...

[@davidcolley7714]

So the fascists don't need F16s after all

[@galvinstanley3235]

How's the flood?

[@larsrons7937]

Is it still cold in St. Putinsburg?

[@vikyathrao5917]

Hmm pr is nice but frontline is saying somthing else

[@user-McGiver]

IT SAYS THAT RUZZIA HAS STUCK IN UKRAINE.... AND NOW HELP IS COMMING!

[@vikyathrao5917]

@@user-McGiver ya about help no airdefence and that help money is invested in usa usa is not giving it from their stok....rusia is not stuk they are leading economy greater then whole west...and succefully destroyed Europe see what macron said

[@trevorsutherland5263]

So cute. So irrelevant.

[@luciussander8217]

Unlike your comment then...

[@galvinstanley3235]

If it's irrelevant,then why are they using them?

[@robertsteele474]

@@galvinstanley3235 Timmy Cook needs a bigger bonus check?

[@billb3673]

Let Europe help the Ukraine.. The US needs to leave in all respects!

[@galvinstanley3235]

Europe can't even help themselves.

[@naughtyboy1500]

By experience Ukrainians have much to teach the world. The adaptation and use of foreign equipments at short time is staggering