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Thursday, November 13, 2014

The Global Hawk "VERY IMPRESSIVE"

This is a photo of the Global Hawk UAV that recently returned from the war zone under it's own power.

(Edward's AFB in Ca. to Iraq and back again ) - Not transported via C5 or C17.
 
Note the mission paintings on the fuselage, It's flown over 250 missions.

(And I would suppose has collected 25 air medals.)
 
That's a long way for a remotely piloted aircraft.

Think of the technology as well as the required quality of the data link to fly it remotely from a source thousands of miles away.
 
Not only that, but the pilot controls it from a nice warm control panel,at Edwards AFB, Ca.
 
It can stay airborne for 2 days at altitudes above 60 thousand feet.
 
The Global Hawk is controlled via satellite.
 
Basically, the UAV's dive into the fight at a high mach using full thrust power,fire their AMRAAMS, and leave.
 
No one ever sees them, and they have no radar signature.
 
There is no radio chatter because all the UAV controllers in the flight are tied together electronically, and can see who is targeting what, and they have AWACS aircraft
(Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems) direct input, as well as 360° situational awareness from satellites, and other sensors.
 
The enemy cannot see them, cannot hear them, they are to air superiority what the jet engine was to aviation.
 
The UAV's can taxi out, take off, fly a mission, return, land and taxi back to their hangar on their own. They can recognise familiar landscapes, other aircraft, and ships at sea.
 
Thanks Randy
 

1 comment:

  1. It looks remarkably like the one the Iranian military hacked into
    and made land at one of their air bases. They now sell toy models.
    They have since started flying their own copies which no doubt
    could also be hacked and rerouted.
    I don't think I'm ready to see this technology
    introduced to commercial aviation.
    EB

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