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Thaum F-35 tus kws tsav dav hlau tawm mus xyaum cuam tshuam lossis tawm tsam cov yeeb ncuab "Red Air" dav hlau, lawv feem ntau xaus rau ya tawm tsam lawv cov phooj ywg hauv lwm F-35s. Nws tsis yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws lossis pheej yig tshaj kev cob qhia tab sis tsuas yog tsis muaj ntau lwm 5 tiam neeg sib ntaus tawm tsam. Tub Rog Tub Rog xav tias lub tuam txhab me me hauv North Carolina tuaj yeem sim lawv nrog lub drone pheej yig hu ua Fury.

Frugality yog lub tswv yim tseem ceeb. North Carolina-based Blue Force TechnologiesRaws li ib tug tshwm sim, ib tug composite aerostructures tsim thiab Boeing tsum, hais tias nws muaj peev xwm tsim T-38-loj aggressor drones uas yuav replicate lub hluav taws xob kos npe, kev ua tau zoo thiab tactics ntawm Suav los yog Lavxias teb sab 5 tiam J-20 los yog Su-50 fighters rau ib tug flyaway nqi ntawm txog. $3 lab rau $5 lab txhua. Lub tuam txhab hais tias tus nqi ib lub davhlau-teev (CPFH) ntawm nws Fury drone yuav tsum yog li ntawm $ 5,000.

Qhov ntawd zoo li qhov zoo nkauj ntawm ib sab ntawm tus nqi ntawm kev ya American F-22s, F-35s, F-15EXs lossis F-16s tawm tsam ib leeg. Nrog rau qhov caveat tias CPFH tuaj yeem suav tau ntau yam thiab cov lej nyuaj nyuaj los ntawm, xav tias F-22 tus nqi txog $ 58,000 ib teev los ya, F-35 ncig $ 36,000, F-15 EX $27,000 thiab F-16 $22,000.

Txhawm rau piav qhia txog tus nqi rau Fury, Andrew "Scar" Van Timmeren, Blue Force tus lwm thawj coj uas yog tus qub F-22 pilot, piav qhia txog qhov xwm txheej uas yim F-35s tawm ntawm Hill AFB, Utah. Plaub yog Blue Air "cov neeg zoo," plaub simulate Red Air "cov neeg phem." Rau ib teev ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua huab cua kev sib koom ua ke CPFH yog kwv yees li $ 288,000.

Rau tib CPFH nyiaj (lossis tsawg dua nyob ntawm tus lej dav hlau) plaub lub Blue Air F-35s tuaj yeem tawm mus thiab nqa 28 lossis Fury drones, Van Timmeren hais.

Cov neeg thuam taw qhia tias cov drones tseem xav tau cov ntaub ntawv txuas thiab cov chaw taws teeb tswj kev ua haujlwm, uas ua rau lawv cov nqi nce, tab sis lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb, Van Timmeren hais tias, yog F-35s yuav tau txais hom kev kawm uas lawv xav tau - cuam tshuam, escorts thiab sib ntaus. tawm tsam tus lej zoo tshaj Red Air rog, qhov xwm txheej lawv yuav muaj tseeb ntsib nrog Tuam Tshoj hauv Pacific.

Plaub lub Red Air F-35s uas tsis tau tso tawm tuaj yeem siv lawv lub sijhawm ya mus rau lwm lub hom phiaj. Vim hais tias tus aggressor ce mus los ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua tiv thaiv zoo tib yam F-35s sawv cev rau ib tug 5th tiam kev hem thawj rau ib tug dissimilar aircraft uas muaj peev xwm sawv cev rau ntau yam 5th tiam neeg tawm tsam, tus nqi ntawm kev cob qhia nce markedly, Blue Force sib cav.

Qhov muaj peev xwm uas Blue Force tuaj yeem sim ua cov neeg ua phem tiam 5 nrog pheej yig lub dav hlau tsis muaj neeg siv tau txaus siab tias Air Force Research Laboratory tau txais txiaj ntsig rau lub tuam txhab Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) daim ntawv cog lus nrog $ 9 lab tus nqi pib thiab cov kev xaiv los ua kom tiav cov qauv tsim thiab txhim kho. mus rau plaub lub tsheb dav hlau.

Nyob rau hauv lub tswv yim ntawm tej yam kev tiv thaiv, uas tsis yog txawm peanuts thiab ntau yuav nyob ntawm seb cov nyiaj txiag rov qab mus rau lub drones Blue Force tsim rau lub davhlau sim kev pab cuam. Muab cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Air Force tsis ua raws li ntau lub tswv yim nws muab kev tshawb nrhiav nyiaj txiag, nws tsis tuaj yeem kwv yees seb puas muaj ib lub dav hlau uas tsis muaj neeg saib xyuas Fury aggressor aircraft, tsoom fwv lossis cov neeg cog lus muaj.

Blue Force Thawj Tswj Hwm Scott Bledsoe hais tias nws pib pitched Fury raws li ib tug ISR drone tab sis ib tug tham nrog ib tug tsis muaj npe fighter pilot taw tes rau cov aggressor / Red Air niche. Daim ntawv cog lus tam sim no yuav pom qhov kev pab cuam los ntawm 12-lub hlis kev siv zog ua kom loj hlob ntawm lub tsheb tsim, ua qhov kev sim hauv av thiab kev siv lub cav nruab nrog Air Force Research Lab input.

Yog tias lub chaw kuaj mob nyiam qhov nws pom, nws tuaj yeem "ua raws li kev cog lus xaiv" los ua kom tiav kev tsim thiab kev tsim vaj tsev thiab tsim "txog plaub lub dav hlau thiab ua tiav kev sim thawj zaug." Qhov ntawd yuav pom qhov kev xav pom lub droop-nosed UAV ya nyob rau hauv 2024. Tom qab ntawd, leej twg paub tias "Valley of Death" dav npaum li cas ntawm qhov kev siv zog ua ntej thiab qhov kev yuav khoom tiag tiag?

Txawm li cas los xij, Blue Force tej zaum yuav nyob rau hauv txoj hauj lwm los nyob ntev dua li lwm cov tuam txhab me uas tau txais thawj AFRL lossis AFWERX nyiaj txiag. Bledsoe hais tias Blue Force yog ib lub tuam txhab tsim nrog kev lag luam tus kheej ua ntej pib Fury / Bandit.

"Peb tau los ua ib lub tuam txhab tsim khoom rau lwm tus - peb yog Boeing-pom zoo tus xa khoom. Peb muaj kev lag luam siv tau thiab peb tuaj yeem siv cov txiaj ntsig los ntawm qhov ntawd los tsim cov khoom no. "

Blue Force kuj tseem muaj "qee qhov kev sib tham" nrog cov tub ua lag luam uas tuaj yeem muab nws nrog txuas ntxiv peev, Bledsoe hais. Qhov ntawd ib leeg tuaj yeem txaus kom tau mus rau "cov khoom siv tau tsawg kawg" los siv software siv. Blue Force hais tias nyob rau hauv nws cov qauv tsim, Fury yuav suav nrog ntau dhau ntawm cov khoom lag luam-tawm-ntawm-lub txee.

Bledsoe piav qhia tias "Peb tsis sim ua ib yam dab tsi tshiab lossis tsim ib yam dab tsi tshiab," Bledsoe piav qhia. "Peb muaj ib lo lus hais tias, '[Fury] yog ib lub cav ua lag luam dav hlau uas tsis muaj alarm.' Yog tias koj ua rau cov ntsiab lus ntawm lub dav hlau thiab saib seb tus nqi Cirrus Vision Jet yog dab tsi, peb nyob hauv cov zej zog ntawd. "

Lub 28-taw ntev, 17-ko taw wingspan drone yuav muaj lub teeb 5,000-phaus max takeoff hnyav. Qhov ntawd, nrog rau nws cov qauv tsim thiab kev lag luam dav hlau dav hlau yuav tsum muab nws Mach 0.5 mus rau hauv qab Mach 1 caij nkoj / khiav ceev thiab muaj peev xwm rub tsawg kawg ib 9G tig ua ntej nws poob nws lub zog.

Blue Force yog "ua haujlwm ze" nrog ob lub peev xwm ntawm lub tshuab xa khoom, raws li Bledsoe. Nws tsis tau hais tias leej twg, tab sis qhov kev xaiv muaj txiaj ntsig yuav yog Williams International thiab nws 2,000 lb-thrust FJ33-5A turbine, uas powers lub Cirrus Vision, los yog ib tug 2,000 lb-thrust variant ntawm General Electric's HF120, uas powers lub Honda Jet bizjet.

Qhov kev ua tau zoo yuav tsum txaus rau qhov Fury tau npaj los ua uas Alyson Turri, tus thawj coj ntawm AFRL Bandit program, hais tias yog "yuav tsum tau ya nyob rau hauv cov xwm txheej kom cov kws tsav dav hlau tuaj yeem cob qhia tawm tsam cov yeeb ncuab tseem ceeb hauv kev hem thawj tus lej. Lub hom phiaj yog los tsim lub platform tsis muaj neeg siv uas zoo li tus yeeb ncuab thib tsib nrog lub peev xwm ntawm lub tsheb zoo sib xws. "

Qhov ntawd tsis txhais hais tias dogfighting drone. Hloov chaw, Fury yuav "saib, ua thiab hnov ​​​​tsw zoo li Red Air fighter" Van Timmeren lees paub. "Muaj ntau qhov kev ntxhov siab nyob ib puag ncig kev txawj ntse [pilots] thiab DARPA ACE program. Qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov uas peb yuav nyob. "

Qee qhov 80% mus rau 90% ntawm qhov Fury yuav ua yog tam sim no dhau qhov kev pom ntau yam simulation ntawm 5th gen yeeb ncuab, ncaws tawm cov neeg sawv cev emissions. Ib yam li kev cog lus rau cov neeg tawm tsam dav hlau tau ua thaum ntxov ntawm cov tuam txhab Red Air ntiag tug, Fury yuav ua ib lossis ob zaug ua ntej tej zaum yuav raug pom los ntawm cov neeg zoo thiab khob qhov kev sib ntsib.

Thiab nrog lub qhov ntswg reconfigurable, tsim los hloov ceev kom haum raws li cov pob sensor replicating txawv hem, lub drone tuaj yeem hloov tau ntau dua piv rau cov yeeb ncuab sib txawv dua li cov neeg F-16s, F-22s, F-15s lossis 3rd / 4th tiam, Mirage F1s. , F-16s, F-5s lossis Denel Cheetahs ya los ntawm cov tuam txhab Red Air ntiag tug xws li Textron Airborne Tactical Advantage, Draken International or Kev them nyiaj yug Tactical Air.

Blue Force hais tias nws tau tsim lub Fury kom stealthy loj ntawm nws cov duab, me me thiab tsis muaj lub cockpit. Txhawm rau kom tus nqi (thiab qhov hnyav) qis nws tsis siv cov txheej txheem stealth lossis cov khoom siv. Nws tau raug tsim los kom haum rau hauv Cov Kev Pabcuam 'cov haujlwm ua haujlwm ntawm Red Air.

Lub drone tuaj yeem ua tiav qhov siab tshaj plaws 4.1 teev. Van Timmeren hais tias nws tuaj yeem ya tawm 150 nautical mais, ua ob 40-feeb kev cob qhia evolutions nrog ib nrab-teev nyob nruab nrab ntawm ua ntej rov qab mus rau hauv paus. Nws hais tias, sawv cev rau ntau qhov kev cob qhia nyob rau hauv qhov ntev ntawm ib qho kev tawm mus thiab ib qho kev tsaws. Lub Fury tuaj yeem ua haujlwm los ntawm cov dav hlau tsis yog pej xeem huab cua nyob ze ntawm cov tub rog ntau lossis sib koom ua ke ntawm cov tub rog hauv paus.

Cov neeg ua haujlwm Fury yuav coj lub dav hlau nyob deb ntawm cov chaw no siv kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm kev tswj hwm tus kheej thiab automation es tsis yog kev tsav dav hlau nyob deb li MQ-9 Reaper ntawm RQ-4 Global Hawk cov tswv ua. Qhov no tuaj yeem tso cai rau ib tus neeg ua haujlwm Fury los tswj ob lossis ntau tus neeg ua phem drones.

Van Timmeren hais tias "Koj yuav nyem rau ntawm lub vijtsam, qhia nws kom ya ntawm no lossis tuav ntawm no piv rau tus neeg tsav tsheb ya nrog [qhov chaw taws teeb] stick thiab throttle," Van Timmeren hais. "Thaum koj tshem tus pas ntawd thiab throttle [flying], koj tso lub hlwb [muaj peev xwm] ntawm tus neeg teb xov tooj los tuav ntau tshaj ib lub dav hlau."

Tab sis txawm li cas los xij kev tswj hwm qib siab, cov sensors lossis cov ntaub ntawv txuas tuaj yeem siv rau Fury kom nws ua haujlwm thiab rov ua dua 5 tiam kev hem thawj, lawv yuav tsis tuaj ntawm Blue Force Technologies. Qhov kev pab cuam Bandit yog npaj los tsim lub tsheb, tsis yog kom haum nws tawm.

Bledsoe hais tias "Peb tab tom tsim lub dav hlau uas yuav tuaj yeem ntes txhua yam kev tswj hwm tus kheej lossis cov ntaub ntawv txuas [AFRL] xav tau los ntawm lwm cov kev pabcuam uas tshwm sim," Bledsoe hais. “Peb tsis yog lub hom phiaj kev sib koom ua ke. Peb tsis xav xaiv lub luag haujlwm uas lub dav hlau yuav zoo rau. Peb xav tias peb tuaj yeem muag tau ntau dua yog tias lub dav hlau yog cov cuab yeej cuab tam uas tuaj yeem kho tau zoo. "

Interestingly, Blue Force tus nqi qis ib lab tus nqi ib Fury yog tus nqi flyaway Van Timmeren qhia kuv. Yuav ua li cas lub tuam txhab tuaj txog ntawm qhov no yam tsis paub meej tias kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm radar, infrared, jammer, C2 thiab lwm cov tub rog datalink systems yuav nkag mus rau hauv kev ua haujlwm Fury, yog cov lus nug tsim nyog. Yog tias UAV tuaj yeem muaj ntau yam kev them nyiaj hauv lub qhov ntswg, nws cov nqi raws li kev ua tiav / lub nkoj yuav txawv nyob ntawm seb yuav ua li cas rau Air Force lossis lwm tus xav tau.

Blue Force pom lwm lub luag haujlwm muaj peev xwm rau nws txoj haujlwm tsis muaj neeg tsav tsheb / lub cav sib xyaw dhau ntawm Red Air. Fury, Van Timmeren hais tias, yuav muaj lub hom phiaj lub computer onboard uas muaj "khoom siv thiab lub zog los txhawb kev ywj pheej [kev siv zog] los ntawm tsoomfwv lossis kev lag luam".

Qhov ntawd tsis yog hais tias nws yuav sib tw hauv tib qhov chaw xws li kev sib koom ua ke tsis muaj neeg tsav dav hlau tawm tsam xws li Kratos 'XQ-58 Valkyrie lossis Boeing's ntau lub hom phiaj MQ-28A Dab Bat, loj dua, hnyav dua cov tshuab ntaus nrig nrog cov khw muag khoom sab nraud, foob pob hluav taws thiab ntev dua. Fury yog qhov nrawm dua, ntau huab cua-rau-huab cua tsom Bledsoe hais.

"Raws li tus yeeb ncuab huab cua, peb yuav tsum muaj peev xwm rub lub siab G tig thiab pub huab cua zoo rau lub tshuab dav hlau lag luam uas tsis siv los ua kom muaj kev cuam tshuam loj. Peb zoo li peb lub dav hlau kom muaj lub hauv paus zoo rau kev tswj hwm ntawm cov cua nkag los tsis zoo li F-16. Peb tuaj ntawm nws los ntawm lwm qhov chaw. "

Thaum kawg, Fury tsis yog qhov hloov pauv rau cov neeg ua phem ua phem rau lub dav hlau uas tseem yuav cob qhia Blue Force pilots ntawm qhov ntev thiab nyob ze. Yog tias ua tiav kev sim ya thiab tau txais, nws tuaj yeem pab txhim kho kev ntseeg siab ntawm tib neeg cov kws tsav dav hlau thiab cov dav hlau tsis muaj neeg siv nyob rau hauv ntau qhov xwm txheej.

Qhov teeb meem zoo tshaj plaws yog tias nws tuaj yeem sawv cev rau 5 tiam neeg tawm tsam ntawm ib feem ntawm lawv cov nqi, txuag hnav thiab tsim kua muag ntawm Asmeskas cov tub rog thaum sib tw lawv cov neeg tsav dav hlau nrog cov txheej txheem sophisticated thiab ntau yam uas qhia lawv cov lus qhia.

Van Timmeren hais tias, "Yog tias koj saib hauv qab ntawm iav [radar] ua tus tsav F-35," Van Timmeren hais tias, "koj yuav pom qee yam uas yog kev cob qhia tiag tiag rau koj piv rau qee yam uas ua piv txwv yog tiam 5th."