Posted on Jun 19, 2022
Flying A Suicide Drone From The Back Of A Marine Corps UH-1 Helicopter
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Marine Corps Capt. Michael Ayala was sitting in the back of a hovering UH-1Y Venom off the southern California coast in May, looking at the screen of a laptop. The image showed a drone-eye view of a Hero 400 loitering munition on its way to a pre-planned rendezvous with the helicopter.
Ayala gave the pilots in the cockpit a clock bearing to the loitering munition, which was acquired by onboard sensors before it was visible to the naked eye at about four kilometers out. Using a laptop-based control system, Ayala took control of the cruciform-style armed drone and prepared to engage a series of targets laid out in the Southern California Range complex south of San Clemente Island.
Ayala gave the pilots in the cockpit a clock bearing to the loitering munition, which was acquired by onboard sensors before it was visible to the naked eye at about four kilometers out. Using a laptop-based control system, Ayala took control of the cruciform-style armed drone and prepared to engage a series of targets laid out in the Southern California Range complex south of San Clemente Island.
Flying A Suicide Drone From The Back Of A Marine Corps UH-1 Helicopter
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Edge of tomorrow (2014) - Day one (First battle scene) - Part 1 [1080p]
This film is based on the manga "All you need is kill". And manga is much more... Darker tbh. And I like both. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867/Credits go...
Us retirees are noticing the change on the battlefield. Research and development of weapons that we didn't even consider when we were in.
Movies like this with Tom Cruise may not be so far-fetched in the future.
https://youtu.be/eWH2w-LUVc0
Movies like this with Tom Cruise may not be so far-fetched in the future.
https://youtu.be/eWH2w-LUVc0
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The Marine Corps prides itself on blowing stuff up, but in the wide-open spaces of the Pacific Ocean where Marines expect to fight future conflicts, it is often difficult to find a target to shoot at. Distributing its forces in small groups on islands, aboard ships and in aircraft across large expanses calls for just the sort of system the Hero 400EC represents — a reconfigurable unmanned platform, controllable by a single Marine anywhere, that can act as a reconnaissance drone and perform strike missions at the touch of a screen. Large loitering munitions like the Hero 400EC, handed off from Marine to Marine, would provide long-range ship-to-shore and over-the-horizon operation while maintaining visual line-of-sight control without the added weight and complexity of satellite communications.
Ayala said that is exactly the sort of capability the Marine Corps wants to field. "
..."The Marine Corps prides itself on blowing stuff up, but in the wide-open spaces of the Pacific Ocean where Marines expect to fight future conflicts, it is often difficult to find a target to shoot at. Distributing its forces in small groups on islands, aboard ships and in aircraft across large expanses calls for just the sort of system the Hero 400EC represents — a reconfigurable unmanned platform, controllable by a single Marine anywhere, that can act as a reconnaissance drone and perform strike missions at the touch of a screen. Large loitering munitions like the Hero 400EC, handed off from Marine to Marine, would provide long-range ship-to-shore and over-the-horizon operation while maintaining visual line-of-sight control without the added weight and complexity of satellite communications.
Ayala said that is exactly the sort of capability the Marine Corps wants to field. "
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