UAV / UCAV - Drohnen

[ObiBiber]

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The UK is to receive 20 new 'Protector' unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of a wider ramp-up of unmanned, surveillance, and special forces capabilities to combat militant Islam in the Middle East, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on 3 October.

Speaking to the Telegraph newspaper, Cameron said that the 10 General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B) medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAVs currently fielded by the Royal Air Force (RAF) will be replaced by double the number of the Protector UAVs "to keep us safe and to give us the intelligence and information and potentially give us the capacity to hit people who are potentially planning to hit us".
The manufacturer of the Reaper, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), has developed an enhanced version of the platform, known as the Reaper Extended Range (ER), as well as an advanced jet-powered version, known as the Avenger (also referred to as the Predator C).

While the Reaper ER does provide the increased range that Cameron spoke of, it does not offer the improvements promised in terms of the audio signature and the sophisticated weapons and equipment.

die Briten planen sogar schon die Ablösung der frisch erworbenen Reaper Drohnen... mit leistungsfähigeren Drohnen in doppelter Anzahl... da hat jemand den Trend der Zeit erkannt...
wie viele MALE Drohnen hat nochmal die Bundeswehr? :evil: