Aviones sin piloto (RPAS, UAS, UCAS, drones)

[Kique]

Next Level: Loitering Suicide Drones Mounted on Combat Helicopters – Advanced Manned-Unmanned Teaming.

Video: https://twitter.com/FeWoessner/status/1 ... 05797?s=20

[Kique]

On March 6 2021, as part of the Turkish Navy's Mavi Vatan-2021 ('Homeland-2021') exercises, taking place in the Aegean & Mediterranean seas, the well-known Bayraktar TB2 UAV launched a few Roketsan MAM-L missiles.

Video: https://twitter.com/jesusfroman/status/ ... 54564?s=20

[Kique]

Infographic: All about Boeing 'Loyal Wingman' combat drone

Loyal Wingman is a combat drone capable of flying alongside manned aircraft
https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/ ... 5102624520

[Kique]

https://twitter.com/Lorkeske/status/136 ... 97699?s=20

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https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2021/03/bayraktar-tb2.html

[Orel]

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https://i.ibb.co/C0ygBzS/clasificacion- ... panola.jpg

Una curiosidad friki: Lo de los "<66J" de los RPAS clase I micro, buscando por internet, he encontrado que es la energía cinética máxima. ¿La velocidad máxima que se utiliza para calcularla es la velocidad máxima que da el bicho en vuelo horizontal o la velocidad límite en el aire (contando con la gravedad y sus motores a tope hacia el suelo)?

Gracias por adelantado.

Lo desconozco, Qoxo, a ver si alguien sabe.

[Kique]

https://youtu.be/vUpMG-KN7Pg

[Kique]

Armenian Kamikaze drone (IAI Harop copy!) during the trials.
After the Karabakh War drones are in priority in Specifications:
Weight: 35kg
Wingspan: 2.88m
Range: 500km? - I am sceptical
Ceiling: 4km
Payload: 10-12kg
https://twitter.com/Mukhtarr_MD/status/ ... 30600?s=20

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Azerbaiyan utilizó un método combinado contra los S-300 durante la guerra de Nagorno-Karabaj el año pasado, combinando aviones monomotor de la era soviética con drones “suicidas” fabricados en Israel.

Un funcionario declaró que al principio Bakú tuvo dificultades para detectar los S-300, que estaban ocultos y eran difíciles de detectar. Y la solución, según el funcionario, era simple: Azerbaiyán necesitaba un avión señuelo para atraer e identificar los sistemas de fabricación rusa y empezaron a emplear aviones agrícolas Antonov An-2 de la era soviética, convirtieron los aviones en vehículos aéreos no tripulados reemplazando al piloto con un kit de control remoto.

Estos activarían los sistemas S-300 y luego, las municiones Harop merodeando de fabricación israelí, atacarían los sistemas S300.
https://www.uasvision.com/2021/03/05/az ... an-s-300s/

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/7 ... an-reports

Houthis fire missiles, drones at Saudi oil facilities
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fire ballistic missiles and drones at oil facilities and military sites in Saudi Arabia.

gracias por el queo, @pepo25

[champi]

Gráfico de Jane's sobre persistencia y altitud de los drones rusos: https://twitter.com/SamBendett/status/1 ... 6016964609


Faltan algunos como el Orlan-30 o el Korsar.

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La persistencia del phantom es incorrecta. Al menos serían 20 minutos según qué generación


Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk

[Orel]

La USAF ya está especificando más para el sustituto del Reaper sobre 2030, que no será un modlo si no una familia de drones: de entrada, quiere que tenga capacidad aire-aire para proteger sus efectivos aéreos valiosos (cisternas, AEW...) y de nuevo, Champi, arquitectura abierta:

USAF wants its Next-Gen Multirole UAS to have defensive counterair capabilities to protect airborne assets
....heavy focus on digital engineering, open-missions systems, machine learning, artificial intelligence, on-board edge processing, and autonomy.”
... The development effort is intended to build a pipeline of technologies for the Next-Generation Multi-Role Unmanned Aerial System Family of Systems, a project also called “MQ-Next” that is to replace the General Atomic MQ-9 Reaper.
... As part of its plan to replace the MQ-9 not with just one aircraft, but a family of UAVs, the USAF wants potential responders to its request for information to describe how their technology might fit within the attritable, expendable, survivable and reusable concepts of the MQ-Next programme.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... pabilities
https://www.flightglobal.com/military-u ... 80.article




La USAF espera tener más programas como el Vanguard S&T en el futuro:
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... the-future

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Respecto a la arquitectura abierta no les queda otra, y es que en 2019 se firmó un MoU por parte de la USAF, la US Navy y el US Army en el que a partir de entonces todo lo que desarrollen ha de incluir obligatoriamente MOSA ("Modular Open Systems Approach"): https://www.dsp.dla.mil/Portals/26/Docu ... proach.pdf


A este lado del charco vamos con el pie cambiado en el campo militar. Todavía defendemos mercados cautivos y estándares propios y cerrados (ejemplo claro Francia con el NGF), lo que nos va a impedir portar software y hardware con el consiguiente aumento de precio y pérdida de competitividad. Es una ventaja que quizás explote el Tempest, ya que BAE y Leonardo sí están metidas en esta iniciativa, lo que les facilitará la compatibilidad con el material USA.

Respecto al sustituto del Reaper, por aquí el enlace a beta.SAM.gov: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/e930012b9c3849 ... rue&page=1

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1.0 Description
1.1 The Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) in support of the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance/Special Operations Forces (ISR/SOF) Directorate is seeking information to inform the establishment of a new capability development pipeline for integration on current and Next-Generation (Next-Gen) Multi-Role Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Family of Systems (FoS) with reduced operating costs and greater persistence, survivability, and range. These Next-Gen Multi-Role UAS FoS may be comprised of attritable, expendable, survivable and reusable attributes, which can attain desired effects in various operating environments.
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The previous RFI focused on UAS ISR/Strike capabilities to replace the MQ-9. Market Research received in June 2020, focused on open architectures, automation, and digital engineering capabilities will be leveraged with the data collected in this RFI to support the overall Market Research strategy for the Next-Gen MultiRole UAS FoS and capability development pipeline. With the receipt of market research on Next-Gen ISR/Strike capabilities complete, the DAF is expanding the scope of this RFI to support Next-Gen Multi-Role UAS FoS which can support a multitude of different sensor capabilities. Again, this RFI is not focused on fielding ISR/Strike solutions, but sensor data may feed into a Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) constructs to support an ISR capability.
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2.1 Delivery Period: DAF will accelerate capability development within the pipeline stressing a “Speed to Ramp” initiative focused on fielding capability prior the 2026/2027 timeframe. Solutions proposed for integration on future Next-Gen Multi-Role UASs should target the 2030 timeframe. DAF will balance risk between funding prototypes, fielding demonstrations and other activities as the capability development pipeline is matured.
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Focus Area #1 (FA.1) – Air Domain Awareness (e.g., AMTI)
• Sensors or sensor networks that provide early warning and fire control quality track/ID of enemy air operations in highly contested and contested environments.
• Low cost platform agnostic sensors (RF, Infrared, ESM, Etc.)
• Resilient communications suites to support JADC2 & BMC2 integration.
• Hardware, software and algorithms to support data sharing, integration, secure processing and AI assisted management among sensors on single or multiple UAS or with off-board sensors on other platforms.
• Concepts to support near term demonstration and prototyping opportunities.
• Include scalability of proposed technical solutions. Highlight changes in performance based upon integrating platforms SWAP availability.
• Highlight any residual/flexible/scalable modes that enable Moving Target Indication (AMTI, GMTI, MMTI, Etc.) capabilities using the proposed technology solution.

Focus Area #2 (FA.2) - High Value Airborne Asset Protection (HVAAP)
• Sustain defensive counterair capabilities to protect HVAA from long-range enemy fighters and other kinetic and non-kinetic threats.
• Next generation platform agnostic weapons, sensors, electronic warfare, directed energy, and other capabilities required for HVAAP.
• Sensors and other defensive systems necessary to carry out HVAAP.
• Consider both HVAAP solutions for integration onto a UAS and/or complete UAS platform solutions.
• The defensive UAS FoS based HVAAP system should also be capable of self-protection.
• Include HVAAP solutions for Offensive Counter Air (OCA), Defensive Counter Air (DCA), and Red Air.

Focus Area #3 (FA.3) – Platform Multi-Role UAS FoS solutions: Attritable, Expendable, Survivable, and reusable
• Describe procurement and operating costs while providing rapidly reconfigurable payloads, interoperable software/hardware, and on-board edge processing capabilities.
o Adhere to Open Mission Systems (OMS) Government Owned Architecture Specifications.
o Operate autonomously, with minimal dependence on operator inputs.
o Software and algorithms to support data sharing, integration, secure processing, automation, and AI assisted management among on single or multiple UAS.
o Modularity concepts to support rapid reconfiguration of UAS in the field between sorties to support unique mission requirements.
o Enable novel manufacturing concepts to reduce development time and cost to manufacture.
• Survivable UAS with appropriate attributes.
• Attritable UAS focused on low to medium costs with limited maintenance concepts.
• Expendable UASs focused on low cost, potential single use concepts or recoverable with very limited maintenance concepts.
• Concepts designed to launch and recover with or without airfields, less dependent on fixed facilities.
• Concepts on how teams would repair survivable Next-Gen UAS FoS in the field.
• Lease/Procurement concepts to support near term demonstration and prototyping opportunities.
• Outline how BMC2 concepts will be carried out, to include on platform and/or transferred to HVAA or ground station for BMC2 functions. Include AI/Automation concepts to streamline data analysis.
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Como se ve y ya hemos hablado en otros hilos, aquí también se pide software y hardware portable.

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https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mod-loo ... ft-at-sea/

MoD looking at ‘cats and traps’ to launch uncrewed aircraft at sea
By George Allison - March 1, 2021244
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The Ministry of Defence is currently seeking information on the potential for industry provide assisted launch and arrested recover systems for a range of air vehicles, which would be suitable to fit to a vessel within 3 – 5 years.
The Ministry of Defence say that this request for information is to support the development of the Royal Navy’s Future Maritime Aviation Force with potential for use with both crewed and un-crewed air vehicles. The Ministry of Defence add that it is looking to assess the availability of electromagnetic catapult, and arrestor wire systems for the launch and recovery of air vehicles.

While the Request for Information looks to assess the “availability of electromagnetic catapult and arrestor wire systems to launch aircraft” from a ship, words associated with the previous effort to explore converting the vessels to ‘CATOBAR’ in order to launch carrier variant F-35Cs, it shouldn’t be taken as indication that the Royal Navy are abandoning the short take off and vertical landing F-35Bs and returning to catapult launched fighters.
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