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Some of the Good Drones we should get
Israel Aerospace Industries has integrated the M-19HD payload into the Heron.
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.(IAI) (TASE:ARSP.B1) is enhancing its Heron TP UAV's capabilities with long-range persistent surveillance options and area dominance capabilities by integrating it with its high definition M-19HD EO payload, developed and produced by IAI's Tamam Division.
The M-19HD has successfully completed flight tests onboard manned and unmanned platforms, including the Heron 1 UAS and is currently being offered to various customers.
Israel Aerospace Industries unveils 'suicide' drone
The M-19HD is a High-Definition, multispectral, multi-sensor observation and targeting payload (which can simultaneously incorporate up to seven sensors). The M-19HD enables continuous day/night surveillance under all weather conditions and provides outstanding acquisition ranges due to its powerful sensors, high stabilization and unique image processing capabilities. The M-19HD reduces operator workload and improves situational awareness by virtue of its multimode automatic video tracker (AVT). It also provides accurate geo-location capabilities using an embedded IMU/GPS (Inertial Measurement Unit/Global Positioning System).
IAI Tamam Division general manager Avi Elisha said, "We are proud to integrate the M-19HD payload on IAI's flagship UAS - the Heron TP. We strongly believe that its high performance and unique image processing features can confer significant advantages on supplying Heron TP customers in their operational activities."
CH-1 Chang Hong 1 medium-range tactical UAV
Design
The CH-1 UAV design is based on a fixed-wing in twin-boom layout with two small tails at the rear. The two-blade propeller engine is mounted at the rear end of the fuselage. The CH-1 uses a parachute for autonomous landing.
Mobility
The CH-1 UAV is launched via a tactical military truck mounted catapult with rocketed assisted take-off. Propulsion of CH-1 is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine mounted at the rear end of the fuselage. It can flight at a maximum speed from 120 to 150 km/h with a maximum operation range of 100 km and altitude from 1,000 to 3,000 m.
Payloads equipment
The CH-1 UAV is fitted with a target reconnaissance/positioning system including a 2 in 1 photo-electric reconnaissance platform which is capable of all-weather reconnaissance. It can switch easily between visible light imaging mode and infrared ray imaging mode. The platform is mainly composed of a CCD camera/FLIR (Forward-Looking Infrared), laser geodimeter, stable platform, elevating device and target position solver. The CH-1 has a maximum payload capacity of 20 kg.
Combat use
The CH-1 UAV is mainly intended for reconnaissance and surveillance missions. The CH-1 is able to to fly at high altitude and at high subsonic speed and to perform the mission of high altitude photographic reconnaissance in day time.
Specifications
Type Medium-range tactical UAV
Country users China
Designer Company AMLI
Payloads equipment
CCD photo equipment, CCD digital scanning photogrammetry system, multi-spectrum CCD digital camera system
Operator 1
Altitude 1,000 to 3,000 m
Weight 130 kg take-off
Speed 120 - 150 km/h
Endurance 6 hours
Dimensions Lenght: 3.75m; Wingspan: 4.40 m; Height: 0.87 m
Russian Defense Ministry said that group of Russian military industry experts has arrived in the far eastern Chukotka Autonomous Area to prepare the Eastern Military District’s drones for monitoring missions in the Arctic.
Read more:Russia Prepares Drones for Arctic Monitoring Missions – Defense Ministry / Sputnik International
This drone interceptor uses a net to take out smaller, weaker drones
AIR FORCE WANTS CHEAP ATTACK DRONES IT CAN LOSE IN WAR
Armed Reaper Drone
Steve Follows, Royal Air Force, via Wikimedia Commons
The Air Force wants something deadly like the Reaper, but a whole lot cheaper and more expendable.
Military drones are cheap, but they could certainly stand to be a whole lot cheaper. At least, that’s the rationale behind an Air Force solicitation for a “Low Cost Attritable Strike UAS Demonstration,” posted onlineyesterday. To encourage the design of a cheap and deadly drone, the federal government is willing to reimburse up to $7,450,000 for developing the concept in 30 days.
As they fit into the existing military air fleet, drones like the Predator and Reaper are cheaper than, say,$100+ million F-35s, but that doesn’t mean they’re exactly ependable. Reapers cost about$13 millioneach. The moderately cheaper Gray Eagle, which is about a half-step between the original Predator and the Reaper, runsabout $5 millionper drone.
So the Air Force wants a drone that can still hit targets, but also is okay if lost in battle. In part, this is about a changing approach to war. The solicitation notes that aircraft are increasingly expensive, so the Air Force wants drones that “offer dramatic reductions in cost in order to bring 'mass' to the engagement, and achieve a cost imposing effect on future adversaries.” Which is to say: a good amount of drones that are cheap enough so that it finally becomes expensive to shoot them all down. The solicitation goes on to say that these drones will not be designed for the long haul. Traditionally, drones are designed like other Air Force aircraft, reliable and with a long life expectancy, but the Air Force wants to relax these requirements for a low-cost drone, to give them something useful at a much lower price point.
How much lower? While it's hard to say what's low cost in a service that views $100 million airplanes as essential, I wouldn't expect a low cost drone to cost anything more than a cruise missile, which runs between$500,000and$1 million.
We’ve seen signs of this coming. DARPA is exploring airborne aircraft carriers, where cheaper cargo planes launch wings of drones. In addition, DARPA is working on a system for drones hunting in packs, as deadly robotic teams in hostile skies. These ideas were combined in a great concept video from March, in which an expensive manned fighter scouts ahead of an airborne drone carrier. The carrier then releases drones and missiles, successfully destroying enemy air defenses. In the video, the sky is full of aircraft like it’s the Battle of Britain, but unlike in World War II, only two of the planes have humans on board. If there’s a way for the Air Force to achieve those robot-filled skies, it’ll be programs like the Low Cost Attritable UAS that do it.
Israel Aerospace Industries has integrated the M-19HD payload into the Heron.
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.(IAI) (TASE:ARSP.B1) is enhancing its Heron TP UAV's capabilities with long-range persistent surveillance options and area dominance capabilities by integrating it with its high definition M-19HD EO payload, developed and produced by IAI's Tamam Division.
The M-19HD has successfully completed flight tests onboard manned and unmanned platforms, including the Heron 1 UAS and is currently being offered to various customers.
Israel Aerospace Industries unveils 'suicide' drone
The M-19HD is a High-Definition, multispectral, multi-sensor observation and targeting payload (which can simultaneously incorporate up to seven sensors). The M-19HD enables continuous day/night surveillance under all weather conditions and provides outstanding acquisition ranges due to its powerful sensors, high stabilization and unique image processing capabilities. The M-19HD reduces operator workload and improves situational awareness by virtue of its multimode automatic video tracker (AVT). It also provides accurate geo-location capabilities using an embedded IMU/GPS (Inertial Measurement Unit/Global Positioning System).
IAI Tamam Division general manager Avi Elisha said, "We are proud to integrate the M-19HD payload on IAI's flagship UAS - the Heron TP. We strongly believe that its high performance and unique image processing features can confer significant advantages on supplying Heron TP customers in their operational activities."
CH-1 Chang Hong 1 medium-range tactical UAV
Design
The CH-1 UAV design is based on a fixed-wing in twin-boom layout with two small tails at the rear. The two-blade propeller engine is mounted at the rear end of the fuselage. The CH-1 uses a parachute for autonomous landing.
Mobility
The CH-1 UAV is launched via a tactical military truck mounted catapult with rocketed assisted take-off. Propulsion of CH-1 is provided by a two-blade propeller driven by a pusher engine mounted at the rear end of the fuselage. It can flight at a maximum speed from 120 to 150 km/h with a maximum operation range of 100 km and altitude from 1,000 to 3,000 m.
Payloads equipment
The CH-1 UAV is fitted with a target reconnaissance/positioning system including a 2 in 1 photo-electric reconnaissance platform which is capable of all-weather reconnaissance. It can switch easily between visible light imaging mode and infrared ray imaging mode. The platform is mainly composed of a CCD camera/FLIR (Forward-Looking Infrared), laser geodimeter, stable platform, elevating device and target position solver. The CH-1 has a maximum payload capacity of 20 kg.
Combat use
The CH-1 UAV is mainly intended for reconnaissance and surveillance missions. The CH-1 is able to to fly at high altitude and at high subsonic speed and to perform the mission of high altitude photographic reconnaissance in day time.
Specifications
Type Medium-range tactical UAV
Country users China
Designer Company AMLI
Payloads equipment
CCD photo equipment, CCD digital scanning photogrammetry system, multi-spectrum CCD digital camera system
Operator 1
Altitude 1,000 to 3,000 m
Weight 130 kg take-off
Speed 120 - 150 km/h
Endurance 6 hours
Dimensions Lenght: 3.75m; Wingspan: 4.40 m; Height: 0.87 m
Russian Defense Ministry said that group of Russian military industry experts has arrived in the far eastern Chukotka Autonomous Area to prepare the Eastern Military District’s drones for monitoring missions in the Arctic.
Read more:Russia Prepares Drones for Arctic Monitoring Missions – Defense Ministry / Sputnik International
This drone interceptor uses a net to take out smaller, weaker drones
AIR FORCE WANTS CHEAP ATTACK DRONES IT CAN LOSE IN WAR
Armed Reaper Drone
Steve Follows, Royal Air Force, via Wikimedia Commons
The Air Force wants something deadly like the Reaper, but a whole lot cheaper and more expendable.
Military drones are cheap, but they could certainly stand to be a whole lot cheaper. At least, that’s the rationale behind an Air Force solicitation for a “Low Cost Attritable Strike UAS Demonstration,” posted onlineyesterday. To encourage the design of a cheap and deadly drone, the federal government is willing to reimburse up to $7,450,000 for developing the concept in 30 days.
As they fit into the existing military air fleet, drones like the Predator and Reaper are cheaper than, say,$100+ million F-35s, but that doesn’t mean they’re exactly ependable. Reapers cost about$13 millioneach. The moderately cheaper Gray Eagle, which is about a half-step between the original Predator and the Reaper, runsabout $5 millionper drone.
So the Air Force wants a drone that can still hit targets, but also is okay if lost in battle. In part, this is about a changing approach to war. The solicitation notes that aircraft are increasingly expensive, so the Air Force wants drones that “offer dramatic reductions in cost in order to bring 'mass' to the engagement, and achieve a cost imposing effect on future adversaries.” Which is to say: a good amount of drones that are cheap enough so that it finally becomes expensive to shoot them all down. The solicitation goes on to say that these drones will not be designed for the long haul. Traditionally, drones are designed like other Air Force aircraft, reliable and with a long life expectancy, but the Air Force wants to relax these requirements for a low-cost drone, to give them something useful at a much lower price point.
How much lower? While it's hard to say what's low cost in a service that views $100 million airplanes as essential, I wouldn't expect a low cost drone to cost anything more than a cruise missile, which runs between$500,000and$1 million.
We’ve seen signs of this coming. DARPA is exploring airborne aircraft carriers, where cheaper cargo planes launch wings of drones. In addition, DARPA is working on a system for drones hunting in packs, as deadly robotic teams in hostile skies. These ideas were combined in a great concept video from March, in which an expensive manned fighter scouts ahead of an airborne drone carrier. The carrier then releases drones and missiles, successfully destroying enemy air defenses. In the video, the sky is full of aircraft like it’s the Battle of Britain, but unlike in World War II, only two of the planes have humans on board. If there’s a way for the Air Force to achieve those robot-filled skies, it’ll be programs like the Low Cost Attritable UAS that do it.
