The photo is a US military reconnaissance aircraft "RAVEN".The U.S. military is trying to develop an unmanned attack for attacks, which is smaller and weighing about 2 kg.
The miniaturization of unmanned aircraft continues.The U.S. military wants to know how to prepare for each of the defense industry companies to develop a small unmanned aircraft called "Lethhal Miniature Aerial Munition System".thinking.
In this future system, which has already been given the abbreviation of LMAMS, the entire system that combines unmanned aerial aircraft, warheads and launch devices is about 2..Must be less than 3kg.It is necessary for the operator to carry it in a backpack, and to set it to fly within 2 minutes after taking it out.
As reported for the first time in Insidededefense (registration is required to read the article), the U.S. military's request is up to 30 minutes.It is expected to fly about 10 km and attack the target by using one of the human control or the pre -settings by GPS in these 30 minutes.
Although it is small, there are few fuel installed, but it is expected that the possibility of killing allies and unrelated people will be less likely.What the US military asks for LMAMS is that it is very unlikely to kill other humans within 10 m from the impact of the bomb.
The U.S. military wants to complete LMAMS by 2016, but there are already some similar programs, so the completion may be faster.There are basically three approaches to develop LMAMS by minimizing existing unmanned aircraft.
The first is to be equipped with weapons on existing reconnaissance, such as "RAVEN" and "PUMA AE".
* RQ-11 RAVEN (Raven) is a small reconnaissance aircraft with a wing width of 1m and a weight of 2 kg, and is launched by hand.With the thrust with the electric motor, it rose to about 300m on the ground altitude.The cruising range is 10km.It is introduced in the video above.
Candidates for the bombs to be installed are the SMALL TACTICTICTICTICTICAL MUNITION, a bomb for unmanned aircraft developed by Reyseon.Length about 60cm, weight about 4.It is a 5-7kg bomb (the following video).
The second is to reduce the size using the functions and physical specifications of existing unmanned aircraft for attacks.ARCTURUS, a California company, is targeted for an armed spy plane of about 5m long.