Dab tsi hloov lub Navy qhov tseem ceeb AQM-37 Aerial Target?

Txij li thaum xyoo 1962, lub foob pob hluav taws loj heev hu ua AQM-37 Typhon tau ua lub luag haujlwm rov ua yeeb ncuab huab cua-rau-huab cua thiab huab cua-rau-nto. Txawm hais tias tseem ceeb heev rau kev cob qhia thiab kev txhim kho kev ua haujlwm thoob ntiaj teb, Asmeskas Tshuag ntawm AQM-37s tau khiav tawm. Dab tsi nyob hauv tis?

Lub hli tas los, USAF F-16s raug rho tawm haujlwm ob kawg ntawm ntau dua 5,000 Typhons tsim. Lawv tau raug siv nyob rau hauv qhov kev sim rau Tub Rog Kev Sib Txuas Hluav Taws Xob Lub Hom Phiaj Kev Ua Haujlwm ntawm White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Navy tau ua tus thawj saib xyuas ntawm lub AQM-37 rau rau lub xyoo dhau los (Tebchaws Tub Rog thiab Tub Rog Tub Rog kuj tau ua haujlwm tsawg) nrog cov khoom muag tswj los ntawm NAVAIR's Aerial Targets Program Office (PMA-208) ntawm Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland.

Ua los ntawm Beechcraft, thiab tom qab ntawd Raytheon, qhov sib txawv ntawm AQM-37 (dubbed lub "Typhon") tuaj yeem ya ntawm qhov nrawm mus txog Mach 4. Nrog rau qhov ceev thiab muaj peev xwm ncav cuag qhov siab txog 300,000 ko taw, Typhons tau ya. simulated ballistic missile profiles.

Ua tsaug rau digital autopilot, telemetry system rau kev soj ntsuam davhlau thiab kev hais kom ua / kev tswj hwm uas tso cai rau kev ua haujlwm sab nraud rau kev kho cov chav kawm nrog rau kev dhia dej thiab rub tawm, Typhon yog qhov cuab yeej simulation ua haujlwm tau zoo. Lub hom phiaj missile muab kev cob qhia riam phom, kev txhim kho thiab kev soj ntsuam rau NATO lub teb chaws thiab Asmeskas

Cov kab ke paub zoo uas AQM-37 tau pab ua ntej suav nrog ntau yam huab cua-rau huab cua cuaj luaj nrog rau Air Intercept Missile (AIM-9) Sidewinder, nkoj-borne short range anti-aircraft missiles nrog rau Hiav Txwv Sparrow Missile (RIM-7) thiab ntau lub nkoj nruab nrog AEGIS missile tiv thaiv systems.

Lub luag haujlwm kawg ua si los ntawm Typhon suav nrog kev tawm dag zog tsis ntev los no uas F-16s los ntawm Air Force's 412th Test Wing tau pib xya lub hom phiaj AQM-37 los txhawb kev sim E-2D Advanced Hawkeye sensors thiab F-35 Lightning II peev xwm ntawm Navy Exercise Grey Flag ntawm Point Mugu Sea Range. Txawm hais tias feem ntau tsis tau hais tawm, cov no tau ua haujlwm ntev uas Typhon tau ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv Asmeskas kev tua hluav taws thiab kev txhim kho sensors.

PMA-208 tus thawj tswj hwm txoj haujlwm, Don Blottenberger, tau lees paub qhov tseem ceeb ntawm AQM-37 tab sis tau hais nws tshooj kawg, "muab lub sijhawm rau peb pib thiab txhawb nqa cov tshooj tshiab nrog cov thev naus laus zis thiab kev muaj peev xwm ntau dua uas zoo ib yam li cov kev hem peb ntsib."

Dab tsi yog cov cuab yeej technology thiab kev muaj peev xwm zoo li Navy / DoD yuav hloov AQM-37 uas tsis meej. Nws yuav yog ib qho laj thawj rau kev cia siab tias nrog rau lwm qhov kev sim missiles subsonic thiab supersonic, kev txaus siab rau missiles uas muaj peev xwm simulating hypersonic hem yuav siab.

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qhib lub Hoobkas tshiab "ntse" nyob rau hauv Alabama qhov twg Air Force's AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) yuav raug tsim, nrog rau cov tshuab hypersonic rau Army thiab Navy. Lub vev xaib kuj tseem yuav raug siv los tsim cov tub rog Long Range Hypersonic Riam phom thiab Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike missile.

Interestingly, ob lub tshuab muaj cov khoom tseem ceeb hauv kev sib koom ua ke, suav nrog lub tsheb sib tw hypersonic lub cev nws tus kheej. Lub Cua Dag Zog Yuam kuj yog tus khub ntawm txoj haujlwm ntawd (hu ua Hypersonic Conventional Strike Riam Phom), qhov tseeb uas tuaj yeem qhia qhov muaj peev xwm hais tias lub tsheb sib tw hypersonic glide lub cev tuaj yeem yog tus nqi ib nrab tsim tau zoo raws li kev sim hypersonic puag ncig a la AQM-37. .

Ib tug kws tshaj lij rau PMA-208 tau hais tias Navy yuav siv kev sib xyaw ntawm cov phiaj xwm drones uas twb muaj lawm los sau qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov seem ntawm Typhon cov lus nug. Northrop Grumman covNOC
GQM-163 Coyote yuav zoo ib yam. Tsim los ua lub hom phiaj uas tsis tuaj yeem rov qab tau hauv hiav txwv-skimming supersonic lub hom phiaj txhais tau tias simulate anti-ship cruise missiles, nws tuaj yeem ua tau raws li lub hom phiaj dhia dej nrog qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm 52,000 ko taw.

Qhov chaw dhia dej ntawm qhov chaw-launched Coyote lub davhlau trajectory tuaj yeem muaj txiaj ntsig zoo hauv kev simulating lub davhlau ya nyob twg theem ntawm cruise missile hem muab nws ceev ntawm Mach 3.8 nyob rau theem ntawm kev ya davhlau. Nws qhov kev ua haujlwm siab qis ntawm Mach 2.8 thaum hiav txwv-skimming ua rau nws nyuaj rau kev tiv thaiv lub nkoj missile simulator tab sis tsis muaj lub peev xwm tshaj tawm huab cua ntawm AQM-37 nws sawv cev rau qhov me me ntawm kev hem thawj.

Northrop Grumman tsis ntev los no tau txais daim ntawv cog lus Navy kom tau txais 28 GQM-163s ntxiv, uas yuav qhia tau tias yuav siv tau raws li kev ua raws li Typhon. Raws li kev xav, de-contented versions ntawm cov huab cua uas twb muaj lawm rau cua cuaj luaj li Raytheon's AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) los yog luv luv, triple hem (air-air, nto tawm tsam, ntog tawm) AIM-9X Sidewinder tuaj yeem simulate huab cua rau huab cua hem.

Dab tsi ntawm Air Force cov phiaj xwm rau nws qhov tshwm sim Modular Advanced Missile dhau ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua ua haujlwm yog, tsis paub. Txawm li cas los xij, nws cov lus xaiv muaj peev xwm los sib sau ua ke sib txawv propulsion systems thiab warhead / seeker payloads yuav ua rau nws yog ib qho cuab yeej zoo tshaj plaws.

Tab sis nrog ob lub xeem AQM-37s tau raug rho tawm haujlwm los ntawm kev sib tw ntawm F-16 tis pylon Navy lees paub tam sim no tsis muaj kev hloov pauv ncaj qha rau nws. NAVAIR kuj muaj laj mej pej xeem lees paub tias lwm lub hom phiaj supersonic zoo li GQM-163 "muaj peev xwm ua kom tiav ib qho kev txwv qis ntawm [AQM-37s] muaj peev xwm."

Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, NAVAIR hais tias tsis muaj qhov xav tau qhov sib txawv hauv kev qhia dav hlau yam tsis muaj AQM-37s. Rau lub hom phiaj ntawm yav tom ntej missile thiab sensor txoj kev loj hlob raws li zoo raws li kev hem thawj-kev cob qhia, Asmeskas yuav tsum tsis txhob cia siab.