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

[Orel]

No son listos ni "ná": Kratos compra el fabricante de la turbina de bajo coste del misil de crucero barato Gray Wolf del AFRL. Busca motores asequibles para sus drones de combate. "Tecnologías de bajo coste, pequeñas y sencillas":
https://www.flightglobal.com/military-u ... 78.article

[champi]

Y muy relacionado, los mismos protagonistas involucrados en el diseño de una toma de aire con un nuevo proceso de fabricación más barato. Parece que la cosa se mueve rápido: https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Article-D ... let-ducts/

An 11-foot long unmanned aircraft system inlet duct preform is shown prior to resin infusion.(Courtesy photo)


The Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie is an experimental stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle designed and built by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions for the United States Air Force Low Cost Attritable Strike Demonstrator program, under the USAF Research Laboratory’s Low Cost Attritable Aircraft Technology project portfolio. (Courtesy photo)

[champi]

Contrato para tres MQ-25: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2135175/

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NAVY

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded an $84,681,147 modification (P00019) to a previously-awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract (N00019-18-C-1012). Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri (52%); Indianapolis, Indiana (12%); Torrance, California (6%); Longueil, Quebec (5%); Columbus, Mississippi (4%); McKinney, Texas (3%); Monroe, North Carolina (2%); Bridgeport, Mississippi (2%); Goleta, California (2%); Palm Bay, Florida (2%); Irvine, California (2%); Anaheim, California (1%); Clearwater, Florida (1%); San Diego, California (1%); Irwindale, California (1%); Ajax, Ontario (1%); Eatontown, New Jersey (1%); Endicott, New York (1%); and City of Industry, California (1%). This modification exercises contract options to procure three MQ-25 aerial refueling drone's System Demonstration Test Articles. Work is expected to be complete by August 2024. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $63,500,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
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[Vorlon]

https://theaviationist.com/2020/04/01/a ... demo-team/



Era cuestión de tiempo.


Ya tenemos sustituto para la Aguila.

saludos

[Orel]

¿Seguro que no es por el día de los inocentes? La noticia es del April's fool anglosajón

[Vorlon]

Puede, puede ser....

Pero no descartes nada,que estos yanquis les gusta mucho el espectáculo.

saludos

[Orel]

US Navy awards Boeing $84.7m for three more MQ-25A unmanned refuelling tankers
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 17.article

[champi]

Boeing demuestra la capacidad del Camcopter para avituallar a soldados del US Army: https://www.flightglobal.com/military-u ... 76.article

[Silver Surfer]

¿Seguro que no es por el día de los inocentes? La noticia es del April's fool anglosajón

Puedes apostar


Los fotógrafos podrán tomar imágenes de los nuevos colibríes de la USAF transmitidos en vivo durante sus presentaciones remotas en cuarentena. (Foto: TheAviationist / Tom Demerly)



https://theaviationist.com/2020/04/01/a ... demo-team/

[Orel]

Boeing demonstrates S-100 Camcopter UAV resupplying US Army soldiers with small cargo packages in an unnamed US Army exercise:
https://www.flightglobal.com/military-u ... 76.article



Bayraktar TB2 [turkish] UAVs enter service with Qatar:
https://www.janes.com/article/95384/bay ... with-qatar

Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) has said that Jordan has sold Chinese-made UAVs to the Libyan National Army (LNA):
https://www.janes.com/article/95396/upd ... -its-enemy
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200406000731

Primer despliegue real a zona de operaciones de un sistema láser de alta energía por parte de a USAF y su AFRL, para una evaluación de un año.
Es un High Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) de Raytheon.
Junto a él también han desplegado para probarlos el High Power Microwave (PHASER) también de Raytheon y el sistema anti-UAS Tactical High Power Operational Responder (THOR) del AFRL.
https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article ... ns-system/

[Orel]

General Atomics has flown its MQ-9B SkyGaurdian in the USA’s national airspace as part of an experiment for NASA

The company flew a special variant of the military aircraft on 3 April over Southern California as part of the NASA Systems Integration and Operationalization demonstration programme, it says on 6 April.
General Atomics says the UAV demonstration showed how on-board sensors could be used for “inspections of hundreds of miles of rail, power line, communication and canal infrastructure, agriculture monitoring and topological surveys, as well as wildfire and flood monitoring.”
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“Our work with NASA is opening the eyes of regulators to the safety and utility of unmanned aircraft systems in the performance of certain tasks for public and commercial good

https://www.flightglobal.com/civil-uavs ... 02.article

[Orel]

Dos nuevas metas alcanzadas para el programa ATS (Air Teaming System) para Australia, que lleva Boeing, su "loyal wingman": han apoyado el prototipo sobre las ruedas y lo han encendido.
https://www.boeing.com.au/news/releases ... ge.page?#/

[champi]

Contrato de mantenimiento para los MQ-9 británicos, del día 7: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contra ... e/2141185/

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $8,390,980 cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized modification (P00006) to contract FA8620-19-C-2003 for the United Kingdom (UK) MQ-9 contractor logistics support launch and recovery element (LRE). The UK-1 LRE aircrew, readiness spares package-out, and UK-2 logistics readiness support will be performed at multiple stateside and international locations and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2021. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition and involves 100% Foreign Military Sales to the government of the United Kingdom. Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $2,182,189 will be obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
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[Orel]

Indonesia compra 59 drones blanco aéreo a hélice Banshee Whirlwind a la inglesa QinetiQ:
https://www.qinetiq.com/news/2020/04/qi ... -indonesia

[Kique]

Army Research Lab scientists developing drones that can be fired from a grenade launcher

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/army-re ... -s.twitter