RPAS (was JUSTAS): the project to buy armed Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAVs
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It didn’t meet the GBA+++ specs.
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Eye In The Sky
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I hope the PO can swap some of those screens around to FMV feeds!
I was in a combined US/UK GCS and envied their fancy modern seats and effective AC.
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Officially Uncrewed Aircraft now.
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Canadian naming? NATO?
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Both.
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I thought you where kidding.
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There has been a push for Uncrewed for years with many using the terms interchangeably. Because pedantically a remotely piloted aircraft is more correctly referred to as uncrewed, not unmanned. Unmanned can mean not carrying a crew but broadly also includes autonomous vehicles like drones.
Uncrewed means specifically not carrying a crew, but is still controlled by a ground station.
The fact that it aligns with inclusive language is convenient and likely another mark in favour of uncrewed.
The language for various forms of Remotely Piloted Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles is evolving as the types are more and more defined and the old UXV acronyms no longer gives enough specific information.
Unmanned: not carrying, staffed, and/or performed by people
Uncrewed: not carrying a crew
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Plus Unmanned is Unwoke! or something something.....
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It wasn't due to that.
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Probably did not hurt though…
Can't help but think this new Canadian engine option for the MQ-9B seriously strengthens General Atomics' chances with RPAS:
www.flightglobal.com
General Atomics tests Pratt & Whitney turboprop engine on MQ-9B
The California maker of unmanned aerial vehicles recently tested the more-powerful engine for its MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft, successor to the combat-proven MQ-9A Reaper.
www.flightglobal.com
Spencer100
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It could more Canadian contentCan't help but think this new Canadian engine option for the MQ-9B seriously strengthens General Atomics' chances with RPAS:
General Atomics tests Pratt & Whitney turboprop engine on MQ-9B
The California maker of unmanned aerial vehicles recently tested the more-powerful engine for its MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft, successor to the combat-proven MQ-9A Reaper.
How long does it take to buy a "drone" These tread only started 15 years ago. I know I Know!
(secretly that is why I started the sub replacement thread......I can leave the earth knowing that one thing I started will long out live me.)
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When the system is (was) controversial, media coverage is generally negative, and some folks didn't want them because they upset career progressions and [manned] pilot-centric cultures...How long does it take to buy a "drone" These tread only started 15 years ago. I know I Know!
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Necessity is a mother
www.dailysabah.com
Turkish drone maker Baykar ‘to counter kamikaze threat in Ukraine’ | Daily Sabah
Turkish combat drone maker Baykar hopes 'soon' to be able to counter 'kamikaze' drones in Ukraine, such as the Russian-operated Iranian drones recently...
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Every fighter pilot:Necessity is a mother
Turkish drone maker Baykar ‘to counter kamikaze threat in Ukraine’ | Daily Sabah
Turkish combat drone maker Baykar hopes 'soon' to be able to counter 'kamikaze' drones in Ukraine, such as the Russian-operated Iranian drones recently...
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And it gets more interesting -
Baykar is incorporating a new build jet engine, designed and manufactured in Ukraine, into a new jet powered UCAV, designed in Turkey. The UCAV will be built in Ukraine.
As I said, necessity is a mother. It forces the pace.
www.pravda.com.ua
www.ukrinform.net
Baykar is incorporating a new build jet engine, designed and manufactured in Ukraine, into a new jet powered UCAV, designed in Turkey. The UCAV will be built in Ukraine.
As I said, necessity is a mother. It forces the pace.
Bayraktar plans to manufacture unmanned fighter jets in Ukraine
ECONOMICHNA PRAVDA – FRIDAY, 12 AUGUST 2022, 15:51
www.pravda.com.ua
Bayraktar presents new jet drone set to be manufactured in Ukraine
Baykar Makina, a Turkish manufacturer of combat drones, presented at the TEKNOFEST KARADENİZ exhibition in Samsun on August 30 a prototype of the Bayraktar Kızılelma (Red Apple) strike jet unmanned aerial vehicle. — Ukrinform.
www.ukrinform.net
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Maybe “Red Apple” sounds more badass in Turkish?And it gets more interesting -
Baykar is incorporating a new build jet engine, designed and manufactured in Ukraine, into a new jet powered UCAV, designed in Turkey. The UCAV will be built in Ukraine.
As I said, necessity is a mother. It forces the pace.
Bayraktar plans to manufacture unmanned fighter jets in Ukraine
ECONOMICHNA PRAVDA – FRIDAY, 12 AUGUST 2022, 15:51
Bayraktar presents new jet drone set to be manufactured in Ukraine
Baykar Makina, a Turkish manufacturer of combat drones, presented at the TEKNOFEST KARADENİZ exhibition in Samsun on August 30 a prototype of the Bayraktar Kızılelma (Red Apple) strike jet unmanned aerial vehicle. — Ukrinform.
