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

[Orel]

Houthi terrorists conducted a large-scale uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) attack into the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
U.S. and Coalition [France, Denmark & United Kingdom] forces downed a total of at least 28 uncrewed aerial vehicles between 4:00 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. (Sanaa time) on Mar. 9.
No U.S. or Coalition Navy vessels were damaged in the attack and there were also no reports by commercial ships of damage.
The Houthis have released a statement that says a total of 37 were launched.

Especifican: 4 derribados por la fragata francesa con apoyo de cazas franceses (no embarcados), 2 por la inglesa y 4 por la danesa, el resto los yanquis. Y los demás no se sabe, pero no ha habido daños a buques en 24 h.

https://www.twz.com/sea/red-sea-turkey- ... thin-hours
https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/1766 ... thin-hours
https://twitter.com/EtatMajorFR/status/ ... thin-hours
https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/17 ... thin-hours
https://twitter.com/forsvaretdk/status/ ... thin-hours

[Orel]

Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Project Office 2024 Sources for Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (SUAS)
https://sam.gov/opp/78291b82c74d4682a4e ... 9ea79/view

DEPT OF DEFENSE, DEPT OF THE ARMY
Published Date: Mar 01, 2024. Submit all responses by 31 March 2024.

Purpose: This Sources Sought is to assess available and viable Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System candidates for a follow-on demonstration in support of the United States Army Maneuver Elements. Additionally, these UASs may fulfill a Directed Requirement initiative or future Urgent Capability Acquisition.

Capabilities: The desired Company Level SUAS capabilities are listed below:

- Aircraft Maximum Gross Take Off Weight less than 55 lbs (menos de 25 Kg).
- Soldier Portable System (2 person or less)
- Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL)
- Minimum Line of Sight datalink range 10 km
- Minimum mission coverage/endurance – 8 hours over 24-hour period
- Modular Mission Payloads:
--- EO/IR Sensor,
--- Communication Relay / Network Extension of the ITN,
--- Lethality (Anti-Personnel, Anti-Materiel) and
--- Electronic Warfare - Sensing/SIGINT
- Encrypted Data Link capable of classified data transmission up to Secret.
- Less than 7 cubic feet in system’s tactical transport configuration
- Launch and recovery operation without support equipment (no launcher/recovery net)
- Toolless assembly in 5 minutes / airborne in under 15 minutes
- Ground Controller Interoperability with Tactical Assault Kit (TAK), Net Warrior Control HHD, and Uncrewed Vehicle Control (UVC) operating system
- Autonomous/automated flight operation
- Object Identification/classification and tracking
- Worldwide operational frequency capable
- All weather capable

https://sam.gov/opp/78291b82c74d4682a4e ... 9ea79/view

[Orel]

KAI announces major investment in autonomous aerial vehicles (AAV)
43 millones en desarrollar eso y 27 mill. en el FA50 monoplaza.
Dicen que para 2030 quieren haber vendido 23.000 de esos AAV al mercado civil y militar

https://alert5.com/2024/03/10/kai-annou ... 0-fighter/

Russia Tests FPV Drones on Fiber-Optic Cables in Ukraine

The invasion forces of Russia have started using FPV drones controlled via fiber optic wires. This way of signal exchange makes the UAVs completely invulnerable to any electronic warfare systems as they operate without reliance on radio communication.

https://www.uasvision.com/2024/03/11/ru ... n-ukraine/

El nuevo Black Hornet 4, del que ya podría haber alguna unidad prestando servicio en España o lo hará en fechas especialmente próximas, tiene una longitud total de 25,5 centímetros, pesa unos 70 gramos, se mueve a una velocidad máxima de 10 metros por segundo, puede operar en entornos de entre -20º y +43º, soporta vientos de unos 25 nudos y su alcance efectivo es de más de 2 km.
Incorpora un sensor térmico (IR) de alta resolución -650x512- y una cámara diurna EO con 12 megapixeles de baja luminosidad. También cuenta con una cámara de navegación 3x para vuelos en el interior y evitar choques.
Otras mejoras de este micro RPAS son su mayor alcance, capacidad autónoma de superar distintos obstáculos, una batería mejor de hasta 30 minutos y, junto con IA, un enlace cifrado tipo SDR (Software Defined Radio) que lo hace más resiliente.

https://www.defensa.com/espana/micro-rp ... -espanolas



A la izquierda vemos un Black Hornet 4 que es poco mayor que el Black Hornet 3 que se aprecia a la derecha.

[Vorlon]

Minas Claymore antipersonal de detonación aérea.

https://twitter.com/David_Hambling/stat ... 3162094967

[elgranmazapan]

Minas Claymore antipersonal de detonación aérea.

https://twitter.com/David_Hambling/stat ... 3162094967

Hablando de combinar drones con cosas ya existentes.Me sorprende que el C-90 no se haya montado en un dron imaginad un dron con capacidad top attack por un precio de 6000$ (2500 del C-90 en sí 2500 de dron y 1000 de beneficio para la empresa)en comparación con un misil spike o similar.

[elozano]

Eso se lleva viendo todo los días en Ucrania desde hace tiempo

[optimist]

Minas Claymore antipersonal de detonación aérea.

https://twitter.com/David_Hambling/stat ... 3162094967

Un buen vídeo desde el enlace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmetI8LLfws

[Lepanto]

Maldivas recibe seis UCAV Bayraktar TB2 en versión de combate, en medio de altas tensiones entre la nación insular y la India. El acuerdo entre los dos países prevé el suministro de una estación de control y mando y seis UCAV TB2 para satisfacer las necesidades de seguridad de las fuerzas armadas de Maldivas.

[Orel]

Mi socio Poliorcetes presentando ante MADOC, DIDOM y Fuerza 35:

MADOC, 12 mar. 2024
Para actualizar conceptos del empleo de drones en los conflictos actuales y de la defensa ante su amenaza desde DIDOM Granada se ha impartido la conferencia "Disrupción no Tripulada" por Juan Luis Chulilla, CEO de Red Team Shield. Experimentación Fuerza 35.

https://twitter.com/MADOC_ET/status/1767594401331908816

"Minas Claymore antipersonal de detonación aérea."
Eso se lleva viendo todo los días en Ucrania desde hace tiempo

En efecto, y precisamente en esta foto de esa presentación podéis ver que llevamos uno de nuestros drones equipado con una mina Claymore/Mon-50 (simulada):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIecuK4W8AE ... ame=medium


Aparte:
La Armada embarca el UAV español M5D-Airfox en el BAM “Furor” para las operaciones contra la piratería en el Golfo de Guinea
https://www.defensa.com/defensa-naval/a ... nes-contra

Maldives Receives Six Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs Amid Tensions with India
...since Maldives President Muizzu came to power last year. The island nation, which traditionally had close ties to India, has been pivoting toward Beijing since Muizzu was elected in October on a promise to end the country’s pro-India stance.

India Successfully Tests VSHORADS Air Defense System Against UAV Targets
Originating from India, it is classified as both a Short-Range Air Defense (SHORAD) system and a man-portable air defense system (MANPADS). Characterized by its lightweight and portability, the VSHORADS weighs approximately 20.5 kg and measures 2 meters in length. With a diameter of 90 mm and a wingspan of 32 cm, is powered by a dual-thrust rocket motor, allowing it to reach a maximum speed of Mach 1.5. Its operational range extends from 250 meters to 7 kilometers, with a maximum flight altitude of 3,500 meters.
https://www.uasvision.com/2024/03/13/in ... v-targets/

Taiwan Developing Armoured Laser Vehicles to Counter Chinese drones
https://www.uasvision.com/2024/03/12/ta ... se-drones/

Saludos

[Vorlon]

Ya pueden tomar nota en el MADOC y en el EME que la guerra terrestre es TRES dimensiones...

[Orel]

US Air Force cuts fighter acquisition goals for 2025

In its fiscal year 2025 budget request, the US Air Force reveals it plans to acquire fewer F-15EXs, temporarily slow the pace of F-35 purchases and spend billions of dollars developing a sixth-generation fighter and autonomous jets to support the new platform.
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 75.article

Make every US Navy ship a carrier using AI drones

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedi ... olutionize
https://alert5.com/2024/03/15/every-u-s ... ai-drones/

How the US Army Can Close its Dangerous – and Growing – Small Drone Gap

https://www.uasvision.com/2024/03/15/ho ... drone-gap/

US Army Wants $120M for LASSO Kamikaze Drones in Fiscal 2025

The US Army is asking lawmakers for $120.6 million to procure Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance (LASSO) production systems in fiscal 2025 as the U.S. military moves to beef up its arsenal of loitering munitions.
LASSO is a new-start program for fiscal 2025 that’s part of the service’s vision for a family of low-altitude UAS that are “semi-autonomous (human-in-the-loop) unmanned aerial systems that improves the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) lethality in terms of stand-off and destruction against dismounted formations, armored vehicles, and tanks,” according to newly released budget justification documents.
The goal of the project is to make infantry brigades as lethal as armored brigades, according to the Army.

https://www.uasvision.com/2024/03/15/us ... scal-2025/

General Atomics Gets $250M Taiwan 4 MQ-9B SkyGuardian Procurement Contract
This contract provides four MQ-9B, two ground control stations, spares, and support equipment... the work is expected to be complete by Aug. 11, 2027.

https://www.uasvision.com/2024/03/15/ge ... -contract/

Shield AI, a defense technology company, today announced it has been selected by NAVAIR PMA-281 to integrate its AI Pilot Hivemind onto the Kratos BQM-177A to enable advanced AI-based autonomy.

Shield AI will work closely with Kratos to contribute to the U.S. Navy’s objective of increasing capabilities to provide fleet protection by utilizing AI-powered crewed-uncrewed teaming (CU-T) capabilities. "This will be the eighth different type of aircraft integration we’ve done; it will be the fourth jet aircraft... The last integration we did was about 165 days from contract award to first AI-piloted flights, and so we’re hoping to top that. I’m also excited to see what our AI pilot will do with the Kratos BQM-177 — an amazing aircraft capable of flying .95 Mach and as low as 6.6 feet above the ocean,” said Brandon Tseng, Shield AI’s President/Cofounder, a mechanical engineer, and a former U.S. Navy SEAL.

...employs an AI architecture that starts with foundational autonomy behaviors. These core behaviors, essential for both administrative and tactical operations, are enhanced to support advanced, collaborative tactics among multi-agent systems. Utilizing Expert Systems and Reinforcement Learning, this method enables precise, autonomous coordination of multiple sensor-equipped or shooter-equipped uncrewed aircraft, marking a significant advancement in collaborative tactical behaviors for defensive counterair (DCA) operations.

Shield AI’s flagship product, Hivemind, is an AI pilot that enables teams of intelligent aircraft to operate and complete missions autonomously in high-threat environments, without the need for remote operators or GPS. Hivemind is an aircraft-agnostic autonomy... It has flown on six different aircraft and deployed on hundreds of aircraft. The different aircraft include three quadcopters (Nova, Nova 2 and iPRD), the MQ-35A V-BAT, the F-16 and Kratos MQM-178 Firejet. Later this year, it will fly Kratos’ XQ-58 Valkyrie. Shield AI’s work as part of the DARPA ACE Team, where its AI Pilot won the DARPA AlphaDogFight and later flew F-16 completely autonomously, has been named a finalist for the Collier Trophy – an annual award given to the “greatest achievement in aviation and astronautics.”

https://www.suasnews.com/2024/03/shield ... -bqm-177a/

[Lepanto]

Japón participa por primera vez en la actividad del programa Eurodrone como Estado observador. Ver más

[Orel]

US Navy takes delivery of first MQ-25 autonomous refueller
15 March 2024
https://www.flightglobal.com/military-u ... 93.article

¿Cuánto costarán los Altius 600 y 700?
https://www.uasvision.com/2024/03/18/an ... sful-test/

[Orel]

La Marina Portuguesa vuelve a sorprender con un diseño de patrullero optimizado para operar con sistemas no tripulados

https://www.defensa.com/defensa-naval/m ... optimizado

[Pato Sentado]

Que municion merodeadora/Dron Kamikaze tienen las FFAA españolas? Y en que cantidad?