U(C)AV ontwikkelingen

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Dat zeg ik De bovenstaande links zijn surveillance UAV's, geen Combat UAV's.

Een paar echte Europese UCAV demonstrators zijn onderweg, de Neuron en Taranis (best hoopgevend)

[Ace1]

Dat zeg ik De bovenstaande links zijn surveillance UAV's, geen Combat UAV's.

En wat is dit dan?

http://www.thalesgroup.com/Countries/United_Kingdom/FIA_2012/Documents/LMM_Family/


http://www.schiebel.net/File.aspx?Id=1979&Path=~%2fDownload%2fBrochures&Name=pdfDownload

http://www.defensereview.com/fury-and-camcopter-s-100-uasuavs-armed-with-lightweight-multirole-missile-lmm/

[StrataNL]

Wie zegt dat er geen enkele operationele home-made UCAV aktief is in de EU?

http://www.schiebel.net/File.aspx?Id=1979&Path=~%2fDownload%2fBrochures&Name=pdfDownload

http://www.saabgroup.com/en/Air/Airborne-Solutions/Unmanned_Aerial_Systems/Skeldar_V-200_Civil_Security/

http://www.sagem-ds.com/IMG/pdf/D1337E-SPERWER_MKII.pdf

Dat zeg ik De bovenstaande links zijn surveillance UAV's, geen Combat UAV's.

[dudge]

Een UAV kan ik nauwelijks een UCAV noemen.

Inderdaad. Het is tijd dat we met een echte UCAV gaan komen. Daar wordt aan gewerkt.....zij het zonder Nederland 

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Wie zegt dat er geen enkele operationele home-made UCAV aktief is in de EU?

http://www.schiebel.net/File.aspx?Id=1979&Path=~%2fDownload%2fBrochures&Name=pdfDownload

http://www.saabgroup.com/en/Air/Airborne-Solutions/Unmanned_Aerial_Systems/Skeldar_V-200_Civil_Security/

Een UAV kan ik nauwelijks een UCAV noemen.

[Ace1]

Tja, feit is dat de VS lekker doorontwikkelen en verkoopt met UCAV'jes terwijl we in EU geen enkele operationele home-made UCAV hebben. Zegt genoeg denk ik.

Wie zegt dat er geen enkele operationele home-made UCAV aktief is in de EU?

http://www.schiebel.net/File.aspx?Id=1979&Path=~%2fDownload%2fBrochures&Name=pdfDownload

http://www.saabgroup.com/en/Air/Airborne-Solutions/Unmanned_Aerial_Systems/Skeldar_V-200_Civil_Security/

http://www.sagem-ds.com/IMG/pdf/D1337E-SPERWER_MKII.pdf

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Tja, feit is dat de VS lekker doorontwikkelen en verkoopt met UCAV'jes terwijl we in EU geen enkele operationele home-made UCAV hebben. Zegt genoeg denk ik.

Exact!

[StrataNL]

(het wachten is op: te duur, niet Europees en niet te vergeten, het kan nooit een goed product zijn want het is geen Saab maar een LM en dat zijn toch van die niet strategische Amerikanen)

En dat geldt dan alleen nog maar voor de UCAV.... de LHD krijgt een separate bespreking...

Tja, feit is dat de VS lekker doorontwikkelen en verkoopt met UCAV'jes terwijl we in EU geen enkele operationele home-made UCAV hebben. Zegt genoeg denk ik.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Doe maar 10 op een DSNS LHD!

(het wachten is op: te duur, niet Europees en niet te vergeten, het kan nooit een goed product zijn want het is geen Saab maar een LM en dat zijn toch van die niet strategische Amerikanen)

En dat geldt dan alleen nog maar voor de UCAV.... de LHD krijgt een separate bespreking... maar dat begint met: te groot, te duur etc

[StrataNL]

Doe maar 10 op een DSNS LHD!

[Harald]

Flimpje : Lockheed's new stealthy attack drone design

Wel interessant 3-luik op 1:56 tot 2:02

[Harald]

Here's Lockheed's new stealthy attack drone design

http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/04/08/heres_lockheeds_brand_new_stealth_drone_design

Hieronder de 2 plaatjes van de drone :

http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/files/seaghost2.jpg

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/files/fp_uploaded_images/130408_UCLASS_DeckEvening.jpg


Al moet ik zeggen dat ik het VARIOS programma van LM  ook erg interessant eruit ziet

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/various.html

[dudge]

It makes sense for Lockheed to base the airplane on an existing stealth drone since the Navy wants UCLASS operating from carriers by the end of this decade.

Met andere woorden, dat ding is eerder operationeel dan de F35....

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Here's Lockheed's new stealthy attack drone design

Posted By John Reed   Monday, April 8, 2013

It's not every day that you get to see a new stealth jet unveiled, but today Lockheed Martin's famed Skunk Works division posted these artist's renderings of its bid for the Navy's next attack jet at its booth at the Navy League's annual Sea Air Space conference just outside of Washington.

Remember, the Navy is trying to field a fleet of stealthy, unmanned fighter-sized jets that can launch from an aircraft carrier, fly through enemy air defenses and do everything from bomb targets to spy on them under a program called Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike or UCLASS.

Last summer, Lockheed showed us a very unrevealing drawing of what it said would be its UCLASS bid, nicknamed the Sea Ghost. These pictures offer a far better look at the jet.

The plane above looks remarkably similar to Lockheed's super-secret RQ-170 Sentinel spy plane, nicknamed the Beast of Kandahar by reporters after grainy photos of it operating in Afghanistan emerged in 2008. (A Sentinel was famously captured by Iran in late 2010, giving the world its first close-up view of the jet.)  When yours truly pointed out the similarities between Lockheed's UCLASS bid and the Sentinel to a company spokeswoman, she just smiled and said she had no idea what I was talking about. It makes sense for Lockheed to base the airplane on an existing stealth drone since the Navy wants UCLASS operating from carriers by the end of this decade.

While the spokeswoman couldn't say anything about the plane beyond that it will be flying sometime around 2018 to 2020, she did provide Killer Apps with a quick fact sheet.

Lockheed says the jet will be based on its existing manned and unmanned planes and will feature a "maximum reuse of hardware and software," according to the factsheet posted below. (This means the plane will incorporate technology developed for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as well as the RQ-170.) Still, the jet will need to have a tail hook added, wings that fold (to fit on a carrier's crowded deck), and have its airframe strengthened to withstand the pressures of catapult launches and arrested landings, as well as the corrosive sea air,

As you can see from these pictures, the plane doesn't feature the RQ-170's four large humps, which contain sensors and communications gear, on the top and bottom of its fuselage. This is likely because the Sentinel was designed a decade or more ago and sensor technology has shrunk in size dramatically since then.

Like all modern stealth jets, Lockheed's UCLASS bid features "signature control," meaning it doesn't just rely on a stealthy shape to remain undetected. It will feature a combination of radar absorbing coatings, heat-masking technology, and various ways of protecting its electronic emissions (radar, satellite communications, etc.) from detection by an enemy, according to the factsheet.

Finally, one operator aboard an aircraft carrier or ashore will be able to control multiple jets as they carry out missions. This last attribute is a key tenet of the UCLASS program, which seeks to field a fleet of semi-autonomous drones that can do everything from land themselves on aircraft carriers to refuel in midair with a pilot simply supervising the mission.

Zie link voor de plaatjes

http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/04/08/heres_lockheeds_brand_new_stealth_drone_design

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

U.S. Air Force Plans for Extended-Range Reaper

Mar. 3, 2013 - By AARON MEHTA

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force wants to purchase an extended-range (ER) version of the MQ-9 Reaper, allowing the service to strike deeper into enemy territory using fewer vehicles in a post-Afghanistan environment.

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130303/DEFREG02/303030005/U-S-Air-Force-Plans-Extended-Range-Reaper?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE