Comments on: UCAV — Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle

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?