U(C)AV ontwikkelingen

Gestart door Elzenga, 29/10/2011 | 19:50 uur

Harald

Dat is dus de nieuwe Turkse UCAV :  Akinci (Raider)     ( @Jooop ... het een raadplaatje ...  ;).. is bekend..)

Turkey details Akinci armed UAV programme
https://www.janes.com/article/86850/turkey-details-akinci-armed-uav-programme

Jooop


Sparkplug

Gray Eagle ER to carry glide munitions and air launched effects

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/gray-eagle-er-to-carry-glide-munitions-and-air-launc-461479/


MQ-1C Gray Eagle ER with loitering munitions General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

#341
A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Mourning

@Joop: eens. Voorts zou ik van die bovenste variant bij "pech" behoorlijk nerveus worden als ik er snel uit zou moeten springen... lol
"The only thing necessary for Evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"- Edmund Burke
"War is the continuation of politics by all other means", Carl von Clausewitz, Vom Kriege/On War (1830).

Huzaar1

Gaat idd wel zo'n tempo. Veel technoligieen vinden hun nut ook in drones. Ik denk dat de helikopter niet lang meer bestaat.
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion" US secmindef - Jed Babbin"

Jooop

Toekomst van bemande dronen / MAV (manned aerial vehicle?)

Moet eigenlijk ook eens onder de loep worden genomen, ontwikkelingen gaan daar in trein vaart.







Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Harald

Russia's Sukhoi S-70 flying wing UAV makes first flight

Russia's Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik flying wing unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has made its first test flight.

The flight took place on 3 August, according to state-owned news agency TASS. The location of the initial liftoff was not disclosed by the Russian ministry of defence, who on 7 August published video online of the event.

The first flight of the Okhotnik, or "Hunter", UAV lasted more than 20min. The aircraft made several flights over an airfield at an altitude of about 2000ft, after which it successfully landed, says the ministry. The video released online shows a grey camouflage aircraft taxing on a tarmac, taking off, making several banked turns with its landing gear extended, before touching down on the runway again.

The S-70 UAV uses "special materials and coatings that make it practically invisible to radar detection equipment," says the Russian foreign ministry.

The aircraft looks similar in shape to flying wing UAVs developed by Western militaries, including the Dassault Neuron, BAE Systems Taranis and Northrop Grumman X-47B. That flying wing shape should give it less radar cross section, though its aft exposed jet engine exhaust nozzle would likely negate some stealthy characteristics.

The aircraft is equipped with targeting equipment, optoelectronic sensors, radio hardware and other types of reconnaissance equipment, says the ministry. The S-70 is capable of a maximum speed of 540kt (1,000 km/h), according to TASS.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/video-russias-sukhoi-s-70-flying-wing-uav-makes-fi-460185/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boUaHTI6JxE

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Sparkplug

A fighter without a gun . . . is like an airplane without a wing.

-- Brigadier General Robin Olds, USAF.

Parera

#331
Russian heavy strike drone Okhotnik makes first flight
The first flight lasted for over 20 minutes

https://tass.com/defense/1071784

via @JohnAndris, de foto is van Februari