UTAP-22 Mako de Kratos, equipado aparentemente con IRST y pods en la punta de los planos, cargado en un F-15:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3 ... f-15-eagle
@TUCSON.PLANE.SPOTTERY en España:
https://twitter.com/RadarSpain/status/1 ... 3925727232
El MQ-25 se prepara para comenzar los vuelos con el pod de reabastecimiento en vuelo:
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/ ... ium=social/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/mco/TXWBPUMKZJCJ7HQ6CJGQ6EU3UQ.jpg)
An aerial refueling store is installed on the MQ-25 T1 test article. Flights are scheduled to resume later this year. (Courtesy of Boeing)Orel escribió:Relevante: La USAF ha anunciado las cuatro empresas finalistas para su programa Skyborg Vanguard
https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2286392/Por añadir algo, decir que la fecha esperada para completar el contrato es julio de 2026.
Hay además otro contrato importante de defensa antidrone, del mismo día (23/07/2020):
https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2286392/...
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SRC Inc., North Syracuse, New York, was awarded a $425,870,432 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract for development, production, deployment and support of the Expeditionary-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System (E-LIDS). Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of July 26, 2025. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-20-D-0032).
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Al parecer, ayer se presentó una nueva oferta para el EuroMale:
https://www.defense-aerospace.com/artic ... t-ceo.html(Source: Defense-Aerospace.com; posted July 24, 2020)
By Giovanni de Briganti
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PARIS --- Dassault Aviation yesterday submitted its latest offer for the EuroDrone unmanned aircraft to Airbus Defense and Space, which in turn will submit it “within days” to OCCAR, Dassault CEO Eric Trappier said July 23.
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Industry completed the program’s definition study a year ago, and negotiations currently focus on the cost of development and production, for which industry has requested about €10 billion, according to media reports, while governments are unwilling to spend much more than €7 billion. Time is running out if the original goal of a first flight in 2025 is to be met. Its service introduction is not now feasible until 2028, according to a July 22 report by the National Assembly on the preservation of the Defense Industrial Base.
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Es normal que se salga de precio. Por ejemplo, para una serie tan corta no se necesita desarrollar un motor nuevo con su transmisión, lo mismo que muchos otros componentes. Lo que hay que hacer es coger lo que hay en el mercado e integrarlo de una manera rápida y eficaz. El problema es que estos programas se diseñan desde industria y no desde defensa...
Relevante: La USAF ha anunciado las cuatro empresas finalistas para su programa Skyborg Vanguard (entre 18 empresas) para un drón "attritable", y de paso le ha dado a cada una 400 milloncejos de nada para que desarrollen sus propuestas. Son: Boeing, General Atomics, Kratos y Northrop Grumman:
