昨年初飛行に成功したX47Bが遂に所定の試験を終えて
空母
USS Harry S Truman
に搭載され今後は無人機の空母搭載実証試験に移行します。
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US Navy loads X-47B UCAS-D onto USS Harry S Truman
The US Navy (USN) has loaded a Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) onto the carrier USS Harry S Truman in anticipation of shipboard trials, the service announced on 26 November.
While onboard the ship, a Naval Aviation Systems Command (NAVAIR) team hopes to demonstrate seamless integration with the carrier"s flight deck operations. The aircraft will be controlled by a hand-held control display unit (CDU) for the tests.
“We"ve been testing the aircraft for the last several years and to finally put it on a ship is so exciting,” Commander Kevin Watkins, the X-47B"s flight test director. “If these tests are successful, they will prove that the future for unmanned aircraft is wide open.”
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Because this is the first time any fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has been tested onboard a carrier, technical challenges are not unexpected. But Captain Jaime Engdahl, NAVAIR"s unmanned combat air system programme manager, says he expects the tests to be successful.
“To operate large, unmanned aircraft off of a carrier, from anywhere in the world, will be a key capability for the Navy after these tests are successful,” Engdahl says.
The USN says the X-47B tests will be conducted over a three week period which will include both in-port and underway demonstrations aboard the Truman. The aircraft is expected to demonstrate carrier launches and recoveries next year.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-navy-loads-x-47b-ucas-d-onto-uss-harry-s-truman-379511/
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遂に無人機の時代が来た感じですね。
”人間という制約”から開放された戦闘機ってどんな戦いになるのでしょう。
X47B はBという文字が入っているので当面は攻撃/爆撃がメインですが
レーザー兵器を積んで弾道ミサイルの初期段階破壊を目指すそうです。
なるほど。。
中国ではようやく空母保有への布石を打ったのに
アメリカでは来年から無人戦闘機の空有搭載試験を行うという
皮肉やら。
こんな時代が来るかも↓
無人戦闘機VS人間
Macross Plus YF-21 vs X-9
작년 첫비행에 성공한X47B가결국 소정의 시험을 끝내
항공 모함
USS Harry S Truman
에 탑재되어 향후는무인기계의 항공 모함 탑재 실증 시험에 이행합니다.
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US Navy loads X-47B UCAS-D onto USS Harry S Truman
The US Navy (USN) has loaded a Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) onto the carrier USS Harry S Truman in anticipation of shipboard trials, the service announced on 26 November.
While onboard the ship, a Naval Aviation Systems Command (NAVAIR) team hopes to demonstrate seamless integration with the carrier"s flight deck operations. The aircraft will be controlled by a hand-held control display unit (CDU) for the tests.
"We"ve been testing the aircraft for the last several years and to finally put it on a ship is so exciting," Commander Kevin Watkins, the X-47B"s flight test director. "If these tests are successful, they will prove that the future for unmanned aircraft is wide open."
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US Navy |
Because this is the first time any fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has been tested onboard a carrier, technical challenges are not unexpected. But Captain Jaime Engdahl, NAVAIR"s unmanned combat air system programme manager, says he expects the tests to be successful.
"To operate large, unmanned aircraft off of a carrier, from anywhere in the world, will be a key capability for the Navy after these tests are successful," Engdahl says.
The USN says the X-47B tests will be conducted over a three week period which will include both in-port and underway demonstrations aboard the Truman. The aircraft is expected to demonstrate carrier launches and recoveries next year.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-navy-loads-x-47b-ucas-d-onto-uss-harry-s-truman-379511/