Long-range drone tested in the USA

UAV AFRL ISR

In the United States have been tested relatively inexpensive drone long flight duration. As transmits "NPlus1" With reference to Breaking Defense, during the tests, the unmanned vehicle spent 2,5 days in the air.

Reportedly, the drone was developed by specialists from the Center for Rapid Innovation of the US Air Force Research Laboratory. The basis of the new drone is taken from a glider of a sports remote-controlled model, the manufacturer and type are not indicated. This glider is equipped with automatic flight, take-off and landing systems, as well as equipment for placing the payload, which is installed on a modular basis.

Details of the development were not disclosed, the US military classified information about the propulsion system of the device, which allows it to be in the air for more than 2,5 days. Also, the dimensions of the apparatus, its mass and other parameters are not known.

It is known that the development of this drone model by specialists of the US Air Force Research Laboratory took about 10 months, the tests began in early December this year, they are scheduled to be completed next year.

The cost of the device is relatively not high, it can range from 20 to 140 thousand dollars, depending on the commercial glider used. For comparison, the cost of U.S. reconnaissance drones capable of being in the air for a long time is given. So the MQ-1C Gray Eagle, capable of being in the air for up to 25 hours, costs about 25 million dollars, and the RQ-4 Global Hawk, designed to fly up to 36 hours, costs 131 million dollars.

The developers plan to start deliveries of a new one at the end of 2020. drone to the troops. It is assumed that it will be used for reconnaissance purposes.

Comments

[rufaqn]

Perhaps it will install a hybrid power plant, and a large wingspan will effectively accommodate solar panels. IMHO

[Aaron Zawi]

Such UAVs will probably be used as communication repeaters duplicating satellite communications, and they will not be located above the enemy, but behind the first line of their troops.

[Gray brother]

Quote: Aron Zaavi

Such UAVs may be used,

It's nice to see how you get excited at the white gentleman. I want to remind you about the U-2 modernization program and their conversion into drones and invite you to recall their proposed functionality and where this program is now.
Compare them with this squalor.

[krot]

Drones with a long range and we need the same. And not necessarily the military even. Monitor the taiga for example, even at night, at least during the day and poachers and black lumberjacks will be visible.

[Protos]

Quote: krot

Drones with a long range and we need the same. And not necessarily the military even. Monitor the taiga for example, even at night, at least during the day and poachers and black lumberjacks will be visible.

The cost of one hour of flight of the "Reaper" is 15 thousand. $
For the cost of 1 flight (max 24 hours), you can hire a company of foresters for the same time and they will not only "monitor the taiga", but also carry out detentions and write out protocols!

[9lvariag]

Who do you personally from Vashigton give that 15 thousand. $ That you would hire foresters.

[Vadim237]

In general, a long and narrow wing works better at high altitudes, in terms of aerodynamics.

[Genry]

Quote: Vadim237

a long and narrow wing works better at high altitudes

At all heights, since the inductive resistance is less.

[Kirill Dou]

The Americans are stubbornly following the path of developing "inhuman" military systems. Well done, what can you say here, they are trying to protect the personnel as much as possible, where possible.

[iConst]

Quote: Kirill Dou

follow the development path "inhuman"military systems

Freudian slip?

More appropriate would be "unmanned", "unmanned".

[Kirill Dou]

Freudian slip? smile

- no reservation, specially took the word in quotation marks

[iConst]

Quote: Kirill Dou

Freudian slip? smile

- no reservation, specially took the word in quotation marks

Disclaimer in the sense of error.

Nevermind.

[Kirill Dou]

I perfectly understood what you mean) and I answer again - there was no reservation)

[Alien From]

Wow "inexpensive" ..........

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Alien From

Wow "inexpensive" ..

But the toy will turn out serious.

[shinobi]

Plastic body, wings 1 / 1,5 body length. Electric motor, lithium-ion batteries rechargeable from film photocells on the surface of the upper part of the wings. Polishenel's secret is shorter. Somewhere in the internet there is a photo of an aircraft model of the prototype of this "secret" development.

[knn54]

Yuri, then (if there are backup batteries for flying at night) 2.5 days is not enough.

[Donald72]

This is essentially a hang-glider, it will turn on the engine change gears.

[shinobi]

To be honest, with the modern development of all-spectral satellite optics, I don’t quite understand which Yankees needed this device. The optics of modern monitoring satellites allow you to read small newspaper text from orbit, the main thing is to know where to look. Impact drones, yes. Small-sized over the battlefield for infantry , yes too. But specifically, this device is not clear. It won’t replace AWACS, it’s not the carrying capacity, the speed is low for a full-fledged air reconnaissance. All the advantage comes down only to the time spent in the air, but its satellites do not beat.

[Donald72]

Contrary to Hollywood, satellites are not able to hang over one point, nor do they cover the entire earth at once. And the team, give me a picture from the satellite, can be executed at all in a few hours and even then for a few minutes. But this papelats was taken out in advance to the area and he hangs there himself calmly, works. And about the price of the flight and say nothing.

[shinobi]

Satellite constellations are created in such a way that when one goes beyond the horizon, the next one already occupies its place. Geostationaries generally hang in one place. A device can be paraded within one specific area only in two cases: If it is allowed to, or the enemy fights only in Kalash and RPG. Any anti-aircraft missile defense system, even of the strictest models like Dvina, will remove it as a standing one.

[fa2998]

The secret of course is Political, BUT technologies in Russia, what would it be like to launch NO.
The news is of course old. And a few years ago I saw on TV tests of an airplane (with a pilot) that flew for more than a day. During the day, electric motors worked from the sun and batteries recharged, power was supplied from them at night. The technologies worked, they were used on UAVs.

[Orkraider]

Quote: fa2998

The secret of course is Political, BUT technologies in Russia, what would it be like to launch NO.
The news is of course old. And a few years ago I saw on TV tests of an airplane (with a pilot) that flew for more than a day. During the day, electric motors worked from the sun and batteries recharged, power was supplied from them at night. The technologies worked, they were used on UAVs.

SOVA unmanned aerial vehicles are being developed by the Tiber Research and Production Enterprise. The creators call their brainchild an "atmospheric satellite". The wing span of the electric apparatus is 28 meters, the flight height is up to 20 km. Solar panels are used as a power source. The device is designed for surveillance and aerial reconnaissance. During the tests, the SOVA drone was in the air for more than 50 hours.

Yes, the first experimental Owl was lost:

A long flight took place at an altitude of about 20 thousand meters. Unfortunately, the device got into a zone of strong turbulence and was seriously damaged. "

By the time the device crashed, the developers received all the necessary data, were convinced of both the prospects of the research area itself and the correctness of the chosen design solutions. Now work is underway on a longer barrage at altitudes of 20, supplementing with hydrogen fuel cells (TRTE).

These works are no longer conducted by Tiber, but by another concern ...

And so, the technologies worked out - if there is a desire, they will apply.

[Errr]

Quote: fa2998

The news is of course old. And a few years ago I saw on TV tests of an airplane (with a pilot) that flew for more than a day. During the day, electric motors worked from the sun and batteries recharged, power was supplied from them at night. The technologies worked, they were used on UAVs.

Here is the "news" which is almost 33 years old.

Rutan Model 76 "Voyager". Nine-day non-stop circumnavigation on piston engines alone. Well, absolutely no photovoltaic panels and batteries!

Chief Designer - Burt Rutan. The plane was piloted by Dick Rutan, the elder brother of the designer, and Gina Eager. The plane took off from the 4600-meter strip of Edwards Airbase in Mojave on December 14, 1986 and landed safely on it on December 23, after 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds. During the flight, the aircraft covered 42 km (FAI set off a distance of 432 km) at an average altitude of 40 km.

[shinobi]

Yes, we have everything, it will be necessary to do it. A question of pure expediency.

[Saboteur Holuy]

And we have trouble with the UAV. everything is antediluvian ... And there are no Mathematicians in the State Duma, but there are only clowns ...

[Cottodraton]

Reading your comments, I agree only about clowns ... there really are a lot of you

[Starper-xnumx]

In the United States, tests were carried out on a relatively inexpensive drone with a long flight duration.

Well, do you remember Power.?. This time we will shoot down, and most importantly the territory from where you took off, We have the right to bomb, like Israel hehe
Oh bitch, I again hooked Israel ..
\ Tomorrow Damascus will begin to bomb .. just like that ..

[Atomic cosmic]

You do not work as a substitute for God? When the Turks shot down the Su-24 and the pilot died, why didn’t Putin bomb Turkey? Why are the Israelis flying in Syria at home, and the air defense is silent?

[D16]

Why are the Israelis flying in Syria at home, and the air defense is silent?

They are in Syria and do not fly. They fly over Lebanon, and there is no air defense there.

When the Turks shot down the Su-24 and the pilot died, why didn’t Putin bomb Turkey?

He has brains and knows how to use them. The conflict was settled. Yes, so ruled that now the Turks are going to kick out amers from their territory. If then they had gone along the Jewish path "tit for tat", there would not have been such a thing.

[Gray brother]

Quote: Atomic Cosmic

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In the meantime, in the fast-growing empire:

Why did you bring this footcloth here, sickly? Yes, and are engaged in inciting hatred on religious grounds.
Have you just been released from the shelter?

[Atomic cosmic]

I like to surprise people with brain patriotism! I don’t see religious incitement! Don't priests consecrate ships?

[9lvariag]

Or maybe you’ll drive you into a bathhouse?

[valeryb]

Quote: Gray Brother

engaged in inciting hatred on religious grounds. Have you just been released from the shelter?

And what? Mikhan in all of his re-incarnations is possible, but he doesn’t?

[Angelo Provolone]

did the right thing that he dragged. Instead of education, we have Rogozin as a librarian, Serdyukov as a furniture maker and priests as astronauts. These are liars and worthless people. If there were fewer, then the country would have had more advanced developments, one of which is discussed in the article.

[Gray brother]

You can directly conduct a census of paid footcloths.

[Operator]

The AFRL ISR drone costs as much as three orders of magnitude less than the serial American UAVs - the wang, will not take off until it rises in price

Ultra-Long Endurance Aircraft Platform (Ultra LEAP)
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/12/new-low-cost-air-force-isr-drone-prototype-flies-2-5-days/

[9PA]

10 months. They are there that how in the USSR chtoli implement and produce everything?

[tihonmarine]

Quote: 9PA

10 months. They are there that how in the USSR chtoli implement and produce everything?

Resources and money allow, rivet like cups for Coca.

[Thrifty]

In addition to the mat, nothing gets into your head! How will Russia respond? And when will he answer? ????????????

[Kirill Dou]

Duc, this is ... how is it there ... "Petrel", in! Not?

[Good_Anonymous]

Also, the dimensions of the apparatus, its mass and other parameters are not known.

And his capabilities are also not known.

[Scoun]

Quote: Kirill Dou

Well done, what can I say

Really well done, a bunch of groundwork and here you are!

It’s known that the development of this drone model took about 10 months for the specialists of the US Air Force Research Laboratory,

Quote: iConst

More appropriate would be "unmanned", "unmanned".

Yes, not a comrade, everything is true here, they are inhumane, and so they destroy people by hundreds of thousands of peaceful people, and here also without a man.

Quote: Diversant Holuy

And we have trouble with the UAV. everything is antediluvian ... And there are no Mathematicians in the State Duma, but there are only clowns ...

What is that cliche cliche? What for mathematicians in the State Duma?
Are they there, are they solving the GD theorem? Looking for cool managers and not "kobzons and Karelin" can you imagine "sirens williams and tysons" in the Senate?
PS.
Karelin is a Personality, wrote Karelin not in his direction, otherwise he would have written it with a capital letter, it is just figuratively, like "khorkins" but with respect to the sportswoman Khorkina.

[Kirill Dou]

and so people are destroyed by hundreds of thousands of myrrhids, and here also without a man.

- in billions !!!

[SSR]

Quote: Kirill Dou

and so people are destroyed by hundreds of thousands of myrrhids, and here also without a man.

- in billions !!!

What are you clowning about? In any case, a lot.

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Nuland openly called the amount spent on the organization of the Maidan in Kiev, how many people died in 5 years, which is not enough? Joker.

[Kirill Dou]

Sorry, I was wrong! Trillions !! Sneaky Americans are destroying a myrrh with trillions!

[eklmn]

Now in the US military development a new trend is to use what is in the civilian world, and if not suitable, then create it. If the military GPS satellite is broken / shot down, hundreds of civilian satellites will relay the signal. Now many civilian satellites will be launched (forced) with a relay function. So here - they took the existing device into development and stuffed it with their devices - quickly / economically / conveniently ...
“The U.S. Air Force said:“ Ultra LEAP also has safe, easy-to-use GPS anti-jamming navigation and full global operational access via satellite command and control system and high-speed ISR data channel. ”
AFRL Project Engineer Paul Litke said high-performance UAS will contribute to mission success on the battlefield.
Litke added that the use of off-the-shelf commercial components in Ultra LEAP will provide significant savings in maintenance costs.
It is expected that the aircraft will be ready for operational deployment by 2020.
The system automation function allows you to reduce operator training needs and lower operating costs.
Dr. Alok Das, director of the AFRL Center for Rapid Innovation, said: “Completed in just 10 months of development by our AFRL / industry team, today's 2,5-day Ultra LEAP mission is an important milestone in addressing distance tyranny for ISR systems.
“This will provide immediate benefits to our commandos while paving the way for future low-cost, multi-day, long-life ISR systems.”
An approach to using the market for commercial vehicles offers reduced production and platform costs. ”

[Vitaly Tsymbal]

But isn’t it easier to create a hybrid of an unmanned aerostat with an airplane with a motor from solar panels ... But I’m interested in why, then, the famous US reconnaissance satellites that can photograph you anywhere in the world, and even send a 3x4 photo? It turns out dubbing. We must send our American partners to help Serdyukov (Taburetkina) to optimize the US Armed Forces !!!!!

[Rzzz]

There are no electric motors there. There is an internal combustion engine, small power, and a folding propeller.
On batteries, this power / weight ratio has not yet been achieved. And solar panels only worsen this ratio, they weigh a lot and give little electricity.