Now this is what I'm talking about. Good Post Solomon. And more power to the people developing such systems. I was equally amazed at the new Ressuply Drone Module which the Israelis were developing. I forget its name but the concept is good. A force under fire and a ressuply drone comes in with aid. No more.....ohh its too risky out there to send in choppers, we'd loose 4 more chaps blah blah blah. Send in a couple of drones like this......load one of the drones with countermeasures, flares, chaffs, jammers etc. Let that drone be a bullet magnet while the other one resupplies.
Similar to your Black Hawk Down Somalia incidet, we had a similar incident in 1987 in Srilanka where we tried to go after LTTE leadership holed up in the Jaffna University area and got shot to pieces. A relief column could only be mobilized after 18 hours of fighting. Its exactly this type of fighting where these unmanned fliers can still drop ammo, food, water and medical aid if not evacuation. Whether its a cut off island in the pacific or those Special forces excursions in enemy territory which go bonkers, these types of engagements areent going anywhere. If companies try their hand out at economical conversion kits which convert existing craft, serving as well as retired or Type-1000 stored air frames and turn them into a gigantic fleet of re-supply drones....that would be great.
Drones need coaxial rotors so you can drop the fuselage and tail and just have a small body with powerpack fuel and basic electronics .In that way you save lots of weight drag and cost plus increase survivability ,transportability and mantainability.
Now this is what I'm talking about. Good Post Solomon. And more power to the people developing such systems. I was equally amazed at the new Ressuply Drone Module which the Israelis were developing. I forget its name but the concept is good. A force under fire and a ressuply drone comes in with aid. No more.....ohh its too risky out there to send in choppers, we'd loose 4 more chaps blah blah blah. Send in a couple of drones like this......load one of the drones with countermeasures, flares, chaffs, jammers etc. Let that drone be a bullet magnet while the other one resupplies.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to your Black Hawk Down Somalia incidet, we had a similar incident in 1987 in Srilanka where we tried to go after LTTE leadership holed up in the Jaffna University area and got shot to pieces. A relief column could only be mobilized after 18 hours of fighting. Its exactly this type of fighting where these unmanned fliers can still drop ammo, food, water and medical aid if not evacuation. Whether its a cut off island in the pacific or those Special forces excursions in enemy territory which go bonkers, these types of engagements areent going anywhere. If companies try their hand out at economical conversion kits which convert existing craft, serving as well as retired or Type-1000 stored air frames and turn them into a gigantic fleet of re-supply drones....that would be great.
ReplyDeleteThe link to that Jaffna University Helidrop can be found here
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Drones need coaxial rotors so you can drop the fuselage and tail and just have a small body with powerpack fuel and basic electronics .In that way you save lots of weight drag and cost plus increase survivability ,transportability and mantainability.
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