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CEO of Turkish Drone company Baykar @haluk wants to design a supersonic drone: 'We are in the concept phase for an UAV. It will be a platform that can fly at the speed of sound. It will be mainly managed by artificial intelligence.'
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The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is open to considering unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for its Armed Overwatch programme, but is concerned the unmanned aircraft would require too much manpower
The Armed Overwatch programme aims to acquire inexpensive aircraft to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and air-to-ground strikes against terrorist groups. AFSOC has not decided on its final requirements, but is looking to buy commercially available aircraft for the role and is planning aircraft demonstrations in the coming months.
As the US Air Force’s most senior officer with a Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) certificate, [Lieutenant General James Slife, AFSOC commander] says he has some concerns based on his own experience flying the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper. “My own experience is that the only thing that’s unmanned about the RPA business is the cockpit. There is a tremendous manpower footprint that goes behind that,” he says. “The MQ-9 is a challenging airplane from an infrastructure perspective because of the runway length and the infrastructure required on the ground to operate it. It is a challenging platform to operate.”
AFSOC wants its Armed Overwatch aircraft to operate from austere air strips in remote locations, in some cases. “It needs to be a light footprint. It needs to be able to operate in remote areas in small disaggregated formations,” says Slife. “That doesn’t mean that the MQ-9 couldn’t be made more compatible with the mission. It just means we haven’t seen it yet.”
Slife says he does not know if there would be UAVs present at upcoming demonstrations. Previously, AFSOC has talked about manned light attack aircraft such as the A-29 Super Tucano or TAT-6 Wolverine as candidates for Armed Overwatch.
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Queriéndonos colar el SIRTAP como "la solución drón para España"... Airbus insiste en querernos vender hasta 27, y yo sigo diciendo que hay varias empresas españolas que pueden hacer ese tipo de drones (clase III de 750 Kg, MALE pero "táctico" no "estratégico" como un Reaper, sin tanta autonomía y mucha menos carga). Y que no veo nada conveniente que para hacer un drón así, relativamente sencillo, vayamos a dárselo a dedo, sin concurso, de nuevo a la megaempresa de turno que además ya tiene otorgado el Euromalo. Más nos valdría dar algo a alguna otra empresa nuestra:
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De clase II, la española Aertec presenta su Tarsis 75 armado con misiles baratos Fox (cohetes guiados):
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¿De veras la pista y el personal necesario va a ser mayor para operar Reapers o similar que para operar turbohélices COIN o similar?
Kique escribió:
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The data indicate that remotely piloted AISR aircraft have not reduced demand for crewed aircraft. Rather, these new aircraft have been used to satisfy previously unmet demand that existing crewed aircraft could not surge to meet. Thus, remotely crewed AISR units and their associated personnel have been additive to force structure and costs rather substituting or replacing crewed AISR platforms and personnel.
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The cost and utilization data analyzed for RPAs point to two key findings. First, remotely crewed systems do not necessarily lead to savings if they are used in missions where there is already a high level of demand for steady-state operations. And relatedly, remotely crewed systems have demonstrated an ability to support significantly higher utilization rates (measured in the annual hours of operation per platform) than crewed systems. But this higher utilization rate can be both a blessing and a curse. It means that a smaller number of remotely crewed platforms can provide the same effective capacity as a larger number of crewed platforms. But it also makes it tempting for combatant commanders to request a consistently higher operational tempo even during peacetime operations. This can ultimately stress platforms and personnel and undermine potential savings.
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