Comments on: Northrop Crafts Multimission N-UCAS

By: Tibia Gold

Tibia Gold — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:07:43 +0000

Even with a slow internet Tibia Gold connection downloading the client is a matter of minutes.

By: RS Gold

RS Gold — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:06:29 +0000

It is may be useful for some people who like playing the .

By: ACE

ACE — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:22:27 +0000

Exactly who could possibly fly this thing? videogamers? i mean since it’s unmanned g powers don’t apply for it…let the ace combat veterans fly it…seems like a miracle for me, i am more for manned planes, people are more aware of their real sorroundings and like someone before said, you can’t hack this thing if it’s flown manually, if somebody jamms the radar this billion dollar baby drops down faster then rain. the only possible good reason i see in this project is, unmanned crafts provide maneuvers that are normal pilots are simply not capable of, the other thing is that pilots won’t get harmed but war doesn’t come without losses and i think combat jet pilots know what they are doing.

By: stephen russell

stephen russell — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:00:38 +0000

Fund it, produce it & then Deploy them.
Test on US Mex border from Yuma base.
Or FT Bliss TX base.
Get this UCAV flying.
Major need for.
Lasers & miniguns or cannons & ext bombs.
Long range, inflight refuelling capable

By: Rix

Rix — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:26:45 +0000

Lasers have been next generation for a couple of generations now. Look also for the activists to to make the use of them a war crime, probably under the geneva convention ban on blinding weapons.

By: TrustButVerify

TrustButVerify — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:32:47 +0000

Yeah, but, *lasers*. Stop resisting the inevitable and be overwhelmed by the gee whiz factor already. Robot jet stealth fighters with lasers? Faced with that level of coolness, the bad guys would have no option but to lie down and cry.

By: murc

murc — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:22:32 +0000

Cool.
I’ve liked the X-47B from the get go, and I’m glad to here that its still going strong. And I to was a bit suprised about the lasers part.…I think you could modify the X-47B aircraft for a laser payload.…But I think it would have to be customized for that specific plane. meaning, I doubt they could come-up with some sort of module system.….like put the “Air 2 Air module” in the payload and its a fighter. put the “laser module” in it and it can take out missiles & ground targets.
that would be cool, but I dont see it being that (plug n play)easy.

By: TrustButVerify

TrustButVerify — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:57:36 +0000

Oh, and as for the post itself? Very interesting. The DEW option in particular.

By: TrustButVerify

TrustButVerify — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:55:00 +0000

At the risk of sounding like a two-note record, the SATCOM links our existing UAVs use are quite secure, and the NSA spends a lot of time and money keeping COMSEC safe. Furthermore, the SATCOM antennas used on the airframes are highly directional by nature and not very susceptible to jamming. (You’d have to be in a very precise “right place at the right time” to interfere with them, very difficult with a moving airborne platform.) There’s also the potential to use frequency-agile waveforms which are even less vulnerable to interference.
Lastly, I believe the latest generation of UCAVs have demonstrated a decent amount of autonomy. There’s no reason this shouldn’t continue to be the case. That being the case, an aircraft which finds itself out of positive control could either proceed along preprogrammed lines (drop payload A on GPS coordinates X,Y,Z) or return to base on its own.

By: ohwilleke

ohwilleke — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:04:16 +0000

Great stuff until hostile forces get them too.