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“捕食者”B無人機裝備Seaspray 7500E AESA雷達進行演示
2012-05-30
【據英國《飛行國際》網站2012年5月22日報導】無人航空系統製造商通用原子航空系統公司和歐洲雷達製造商塞萊克斯•伽利略公司聯合演示了為“捕食者”B無人機快速集成新型監視感測器的能力。5月16日,一架“捕食者”B裝備Seaspray 7500E雷達進行了演示,來自加拿大、法國、德國、義大利、荷蘭、英國和美國的相關人士參觀了此次演示。
通用原子公司稱,“該演示展現了雷達跟蹤空空、陸上、沿海和海上目標的能力。”兩家公司使用內部研究與發展資金完成了集成和演示工作。通用原子公司下屬的飛機系統組總裁Frank Pace表示,“我們開放的載荷體系架構支持載荷供應商和任務系統集成商開發他們自己的載荷控制軟體並集成載荷,從而顯著降低了集成工作的複雜性。”(中國航空工業發展研究中心 許鑫家)
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General Atomics, Selex team up for Predator B sensor demonstration
PrintBy: Craig Hoyle Edinburgh 05:45 22 May 2012 Source:
Unmanned air system manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and European radar specialist Selex Galileo have demonstrated their ability to swiftly integrate new surveillance payloads with the former's Predator B.
An official demonstration of a Predator B carrying Selex's Seaspray 7500E radar was conducted from General Atomics' Gray Butte flight operations facilities in Palmdale, California over the Pacific on 16 May. The activity was performed in front of observers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and the USA.
"The event showcased the radar's ability to track targets on land, in the littoral and maritime environments, and from air-to-air," General Atomics says. The UAS and radar combination was first flown on 4 April, and demonstrated at altitudes to 13,000ft (4,000m).
Also involving Cobham Aviation Services, the sovereign payload capability demonstration was intended to prove that nations operating the US-manufactured Predator B could have the ability to integrate new sensors as part of future upgrades to the type.
The integration activity and demonstration was performed using internal research and development funds provided by General Atomics and Selex.
"Our open payload architecture greatly reduces integration complexity by allowing payload providers and mission systems integrators to develop their own payload control software and ultimately integrate their own payloads," says Frank Pace, president of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' Aircraft Systems Group.
Selex is in the process of developing a new mission management system for unmanned systems named skyISTAR.