Shooting the first flight of the British UAV Taranis

DoD UK for the first time voiced some details about the first flight of the demonstrator UAV BAE Systems Taranis, held last year.

After several months of rumors, the Ministry of Defense confirmed 4 on February 2014 that the device made its first 15-minute flight on 09: 08 on the morning of 10 August 2013 on the “undisclosed” test site and added that the UAV then made several sorties lasting up to one hour “on various altitudes and speeds. ”

Taranis was most likely tested at the Woomera test site in South Australia - footage from a video released by the MoD shows that the terrain and runways correspond to the Woomera test site. BAE has previously tested its Herti and MANTIS UAVs at this site due to the size of its airspace, its remoteness and favorable weather conditions.

“Taranis first flight represents an important milestone for aviation “Great Britain,” said Nigel Whitehead, managing director of BAE Systems Group, “the report said.“ The demonstrator is the most advanced system conceived, designed and built in the UK. This milestone confirms the UK's leading position as a center of technical excellence and innovation. ”

The Taranis UAV is a demonstrator of the shock apparatus, and is jointly funded by the Ministry of Defense WLB and BAE in the amount of 185 million pounds ($ 336).

Program details were classified in 2010. The first run on the runway was carried out at the VAE test center in Warton, Lancashire, but in a strange way they almost went unnoticed by local aircraft spotters.

The future of the project is unclear, but it is an integral part of the FCAS (Future Combat Air System) program, which explores various manned and unmanned replacement options for the Typhoon fighter on the 2030 horizon.

The promotion of Taranis along a joint military-technical cooperation with France (apparently, Taranis here plays the role of a backup UAV nEUROn).

Comments

[Salamander]

Well, well, Avtobaza (and not only) is waiting for new victims ...

[Turik]

Judging by the news, the best system for intercepting such UAVs is the hull of its own aircraft-carrying cruiser.

[me]

Do you really believe that Iran planted amerovsky UAV?))

[Aryan]

but why did they call taranis?
kamikaze choli?
But is it not a little expensive?

[Salamander]

Quote: i

Do you really believe that Iran planted amerovsky UAV?))

It is customary to turn to strangers to you, we are not drinking at Brudershaft, dear. Now on the topic. If Iran had not landed an Amer drone, Obama could not have demanded his return. And why is it that Iran began to rivet drones? They themselves did not even have science ... Well, I won’t even talk about the drone photo, everyone saw it. So do not la la.

[Salamander]

By the way, I liked one comment about this news (for 2011):

Recently, one of them asked for political asylum in Iran, secretly escaping while performing a secret mission. At a press conference, the Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel drones (UAVs) spoke about bullying in the army, bullying by F-16 and F-15 senior personnel, racial segregation by UH-60 BLACK HAWK, and RQ- 170 is outraged by the decision of the American authorities to allow a horde of homosexuals into the US Army. In conclusion, the RANGE ranger promised to breed and multiply in the army of Iran.
http://www.inosmi.ru

[Duke]

Key Features:

Operating frequency range centimeter
Sensitivity of receiving devices, dB/W -88
The width of the simultaneous operation sector, city .:
in the azimuthal plane 1,0 ± 0,4
in elevation plane:
in subranges A, B 18
in the subrange B 30
Work limits on angular coordinates, city .:
in azimuth 0-360
by elevation:
in subranges A, B 18
in the subrange B 30
Maximum radar reconnaissance range, km 150
The accuracy of direction finding targets, city .:
in azimuth 0,5
by elevation 3
Throughput (the number of automatically reconnoitered targets in a circular azimuth) 60
Radar carrier frequency determination accuracy, MHz ±30
Delay time from the moment of target detection to the moment of issuing information to the APUR, ms 50
Antenna system rotation speed, rpm 6; 12
Power consumption, kW no more than 12
Terms of Use:
ambient air temperature, °С from -45 to +40
high humidity 98% at t=+25 °C
performance under atmospheric pressure, kPa (mmHg)
Ground complex of executive electronic intelligence (IRTR) 1L222 "Avtobaza"

[And Us Rat]

Quote: Salamander

Well, well, Avtobaza (and not only) is waiting for new victims ...

Quote: Duke

Ground complex of executive electronic intelligence (IRTR) 1L222 "Avtobaza"

And a cryptographic supercomputer for parallel cracking of 2-3 encrypted NIST 256-bit AES keys, the communication channel (transmitting in real time) is of course attached to it? And also in addition - a repeater UAV wedging between the "victim" and the communication satellite to intercept a narrowly targeted control signal, so as not to violate the security algorithm based on binding to the coordinate of a predetermined source of "legitimate" control signals? And of course, he probably knows how to predict the passwords built into the signal that confirm the "validity" of the command signal?

Hacking an 256-bit key will require more processing power in 2128 than hacking an 128-bit key. This means that it will take 3.4x10 ^ 38 operations (the number of combinations in an 128-bit key) - a feat for existing computers, and even in the near future. If we used the fastest supercomputer (according to 2011 data of the year, its computational speed is 10.51 petaflops), we would need 1.02x10 ^ 18 (about 1 billion) years to crack the 128-bit AES key by enumeration.

[Salamander]

Well, not only Jews are terribly smart We’ll think of it, let us go astray ... And Snowden knows everything ...

[And Us Rat]

Quote: Salamander

And Snowden knows everything ...

It's time to admit your agent, why haven’t you given the medal yet?

[APASUS]

Quote: And Us Rat

It's time to admit your agent, why haven’t you given the medal yet?

And if without snotty fantasies.
How many countries really could provide Snowden with guaranteed asylum?
How many of the countries that granted asylum to Snowden have not been accused of recruiting him?
And when you can really answer these questions not impartially and reasonably, then we will discuss his medals!

[And Us Rat]

Quote: APASUS

And if without snotty fantasies ...

This is all corrupting influence of interlocutors and opponents

[APASUS]

Quote: And Us Rat

This is all corrupting influence of interlocutors and opponents

I thought so!

[StolzSS]

The number of operations is much less, taking into account the need to avoid easily guessed variations. So after a competent approach, there is much less from 256 bit there than you thought at first, so yes, not only Jews are smart

[Jedi]

and where is our promising ramp drone? or has the concept changed? now we will not overtake and overtake England and France ...

[lelikas]

Quote: Jedi

and where is our promising ramp drone

Everything is the same in 3Dshakes and papier.

[colonel manuch]

The Jedi is right, it looks like we're stuck somewhere!

[shower]

Well, there’s nothing to rejoice about. In general, these drones are a real irritant. As long as people control them, this is half the trouble, here they will make drones, not at all good. We are far from such projects.

[monolit55]

"carpool" is of course great, but what their "taranis" is capable of is not clear

[And Us Rat]

Quote: monolit55

"carpool" is of course great, but what their "taranis" is capable of is not clear

2 questions:
1. What is its carrying capacity?
2. How much does a tactical nuclear bomb weigh?

[cosmos111]

Quote: monolit55

great. but what their "taranis" is capable of is not clear

As a UAV drummer, Taranis is capable of many things.

[Bezz]

But the states, and now England, are ahead of us in the area of ​​drones for a long time. And this is amazing. Large design bureaus (Yakovlev, Mikoyan, Tupolev) are lightly loaded with design. http://analytic.vov.ru And at the same time no progress in the field of serious shock UAVs. This looks like a problem with having the right number of designers in the industry. Old cadres retired?
Yes, the money of the taxpayers of the United States and Britain will soon not be enough if such drones begin to produce in series. This is a very modern device, almost invisible from the earth by radars, the drone is capable of covering vast distances in a matter of hours. It is intended to a greater extent for flying at night over long distances - at least from continent to continent.
The device is controlled remotely, from anywhere in the world where there are satellite communications. The developer of this miracle is BAE Systems. It is intended for reconnaissance and attack of any targets, even those located on neighboring continents. A very serious weapon, it is worth noting. In the meantime, Shoigu plays with a new form, and Rogozin is in KVN (a joke about Verka Serduchka - still not the level for such a position). Even here, we approached this problem seriously, for our capabilities.

[clidon]

And this is amazing.

There is nothing surprising here - modern UAVs are electronics and micromechanisms. And with this we always it was not good. Of course, now we drastically pulled ourselves up using the import base, when, roughly speaking, some logical elements were replaced by their more compact controllers, and it’s another matter when you either need to develop it yourself or buy it. The second in such critical technologies does not always work out - they simply will not sell the best.

[scientist]

The elemental base allowed the launch of Buran into space in 1988 in UAV mode. In addition, the requirements for the reliability and safety of UAVs are much lower than for manned aircraft. Previously, there was a problem in the reliability of control systems, as we need broadband and noise-resistant communication channels that would be difficult to detect and suppress by electronic warfare. However, this problem has already been resolved thanks to the development of ultra-wideband standards.
The main problem of the lag in this area, as in many others, is the bureaucratization of the leadership, which is used to thinking with land stereotypes and brandishing nuclear batons.

[clidon]

The problem was that "Buran" could, but with something smaller, where the weight characteristics were an order of magnitude tougher, there were already problems. Not only were there not enough electronics, there were problems with precision machine tools and the manufacture of micromechanisms. For especially responsible industries, they were bought by hook or by crook abroad. But for the UAVs, which were not given such attention (think of some models), such sacrifices were not made.

[cosmos111]

BAE Systems, proved that not only Lockheed Martin possesses similar technologies.
But technology, according to fraternal shaving, the yankers drove.
We have all hope for the French.