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ACommunications & electronic warfare
system which allows ground forces, such as Forward air controllers (FAC), to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is seeing in real time
BCommunications & electronic warfare
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | ROVER | Toyota Fortuner |
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| Type | system which allows ground forces, such as Forward air controllers (FAC), to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is seeing in real time[source] | — |
| Display | laptop on the ground[source] | — |
| Role | close air support[source] | — |
| Introduced | 2002[source]ROVERI introduction only | — |
| Compatibility | UAVs and aircraft carrying the LITENING targeting pod as well as other targeting systems[source] | — |
| Other pod compatibility | Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod also uses the ROVER for ground station |
Width
Single source1,840 mm (72.4 in)[source]
Own2004backpackconfiguration only, notIV/V orinstalledaircraft · device
Single source5.4 kg (12 lb) device[source]Own2004backpackconfiguration only, notIV/V orinstalledaircraft
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Country of origin | United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 16, row 21, cell 3; revision 1375013163; retrieved 2026-09-30 | — |
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| Manufacturer | — | Toyota[source] |
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| Also called | — | Toyota Hilux SW4 (2004–2015) Toyota SW4[source] |
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| Production | — | November 2004 – present[source] |
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| Model years | — | 2005–present[source] |
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| Class | — | Mid-size SUV[source] |
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| Body style | — | 5-door SUV[source] |
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| Layout | — | Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive Front-engine, four-wheel-drive[source] |
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| Platform | — | Toyota IMV platform[source] |
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| Chassis | — | Body-on-frame[source] |
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| Related | — | Toyota Hilux Toyota Innova[source] |
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| Predecessor | — | Toyota 4Runner Toyota Hilux Sport Rider (Thailand)[source] |
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| Model code | — | AN50 (4WD models) AN60 (2WD models)[source] |
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| Assembly | — | Argentina: Zárate ( TASA ) Egypt: Cairo (AAV: from 2012) India: Bidadi ( TKM ) Indonesia: Karawang , West Java ( TMMIN ) Kazakhstan: Kostanay (from June 2014) Malaysia: Shah Alam ( UMW ) Thailand: Ban Pho ; Samrong Tai ( TMT ) Venezuela: Cumaná Vietnam: Vĩnh Phúc Pakistan: Karachi ( IMC )[source] |
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| Designer | — | Satoshi Yokoi, Hideo Morita and Hiroyuki Kawagishi Satoshi Yokoi, Shigetoshi Kouzai and Naoto Furukado (2008 facelift)[source] |
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| Engine | — | Petrol : 2.7 L 2TR-FE I4 (TGN51/61) 4.0 L 1GR-FE V6 (GGN50/60) Petrol flex-fuel : 2.7 L 2TR-FBE I4 (TGN51/61) Diesel : 2.5 L 2KD-FTV D-4D turbo I4 (KUN50/60) 3.0 L 5L-E I4 (LAN50) 3.0 L 1KD-FTV D-4D turbo I4 (KUN51/61)[source] |
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| Transmission | — | 5-speed manual 4-speed automatic 5-speed automatic[source] |
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| Wheelbase | — | 2,750 mm (108.3 in)[source] |
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| Curb weight | — | 1,710–1,980 kg (3,770–4,365 lb)[source] |
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| Design and production context | — | While the first-generation Fortuner was developed in Thailand by Thai and Japanese engineers, its facelifted version, as well as the Hilux and Innova , was designed in Australia by Toyota Australia , which is also responsible for developing the second-generation model.[source] |
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