Comments on: UCAV — Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

By: ABH

ABH — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:06:28 +0000

The UCAV is going the wrong way on the flight deck for the photo. They are at recovery stations which you can tell by the person staying behind the foul line. If it were taxying back aft, there would be people in the Landing Area. Just sayin, lol ;)

By: trkerville

trkerville — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:33:17 +0000

we all know taht ucavs reguire HAHE (high altitude high endurance); at the battlefield not only every country has a advanced air defense but only they do cant detect ucavs coz of their stealth ability, to hunt down a ucav u simply need to detect it at first then hit it by the laser beam ; does anyone have such a tech? simply no. patriot2s and russian tapestrys , stingers or russian S series cant match such PEGASUS ucav or one of the X series
so gentleem my motto is;
GO DARPA GO

By: random

random — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:35:10 +0000

Anyone see the movie stealth? The plot was terrible, but the concept and cg were cool.

By: Noah Shachtman

Noah Shachtman — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:51:17 +0000

Adam: You’re not paranoid. That’s the magic of CG at work. And they really are out to get you.

By: Godzilla

Godzilla — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:16:40 +0000

Cheap UAV’s are already being used by the minutemen border guards aren’t they? I think Noah has blogged this before. using radioshack components and simple GPS any enthusiast can put something up there.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:59:20 +0000

Not going to be able to mount a 50 cal in a plane with a 6′ wingspan unless its a big azz rocket..

By: James

James — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:42:33 +0000

If I remember correctly, the software to enable a pilot to corridinate and control multiple UAV’s already exists. Before the they cancelled the program, the Comanche helocopter was suppossed to have the capability to control multiple UAV’s

By: Nicholas Weaver

Nicholas Weaver — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:54:51 +0000

That’s definatly one of the standard “photoshop the new wizz-bang highech weapon we want to build into an existing scene” that Darpa and many defense contractors know and love.
However, what I keep coming back to is what happens with cheap UCAVs? Something much smaller, cheaper, and disposable compared with the dream-planes of DARPA.
EG, something with a 6′ wingspan, made out of fiberglass, with a motorcycle engine, some low-class stealthing, a .50 caliber gun, cameras, (and as much processing power as an F22)? That’s mostly designer skill and the ability to buy a few important commodity parts (FPGAs, cameras, a good engine design), but definatly something which China or India could easily do.

By: Adam Rogers

Adam Rogers — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:47:12 +0000

The UCAV’s color, lighting, and shadow look a little weird to me. Photoshop/CG? Paranoia?