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2021-1-29 智邦网
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据 Janes defence-news网1月28日报道
英国推出“多无人机助力”计划及演示验证。
1月28日，英国防部“国防科技实验室”（Dstl）宣布组织蜂群无人机竞争大规模演示验证。
演示验证于1月初举行，Dstl 的“多无人机助力”竞争演示使演习达到高潮。英国防部通过“加速推进国防和安全” (DASA)计划为该演习提供了资助。
该实验室宣布；“五类不同类型和规模、具有不同作战性能的固定翼无人机参加了蜂群演示，包括在坎布里亚皇家空军Spadeadam的六种不同有效载荷飞机。”
来自“蓝熊”移动指挥和控制系统的三名操作员组织了整个蜂群试验，同时开展不同的协作有效载荷分析任务。
共有220多架次飞机参与了为期两周的演示验证。
UK concludes ‘Many Drones Make Light Work’ with large scale demonstration
The United Kingdom has concluded its ‘Many Drones Make Light Work’ programme, with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) announcing on 28 January a large scale demonstration of the swarming unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) competition.
Held earlier in January, the exercise was the culmination of the Dstl’s ‘Many Drones Make Light Work’ competition that was funded under the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Science and Technology portfolio through the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA).
“The swarm [demonstration] consisted of five different types and sizes of fixed-wing drones, with different operational capabilities, together with six different payload types, flying representative tasks at Royal Air Force Spadeadam in Cumbria,” Dstl said.
Following two earlier phases, the third and final phase of the effort was announced in 2019. It involved the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) awarding GBP2.5 million (USD3.4 million) to a consortium led by Blue Bear Systems Research, that also included Plextek DTS, IQHQ, Airbus and Durham University. This contract was to demonstrate the networked operation of a swarm of 20 ‘drones’ for applications that include situational awareness, medical assistance, logistics resupply, explosive ordinance detection and disposal, as well as confusion and deception.
Three operators in Blue Bear’s mobile command and control system (MCCS) managed the entire swarm whilst simultaneously handling different, collaborative payload analysis tasks,” Dstl said. “The UAVs flew simultaneous Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) co-operative tasks, with Blue Bear collaborative autonomy ensuring they all contributed to overall mission goals.”
As noted by Dstl, the two week demonstration saw more than 220 sorties flown.
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