General Atomics XQ-67A
| XQ-67A | |
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| XQ-67A first flight | |
| الدور | Unmanned aerial vehicle |
| الصانع | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems |
| أول تحليق | 28 February 2024 |
| الوضع | Under development |
| المستخدم الرئيسي | United States Air Force |
The General Atomics XQ-67A is a developmental unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for the United States Air Force.
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Design and development
In February 2023 the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced that GA-ASI had been selected to build and test a UAV for the Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) program, intended to fly ahead of and pass data back to manned aircraft. The prototype was publicly unveiled by GA-ASI on 8 February 2024. It is unclear whether or not the XQ-67A is capable of carrying weapons.[1]
The XQ-67A had its first flight on 28 February 2024 from GA-ASI's Grey Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, California. The AFRL stated that "the XQ-67A is the first of a second generation of autonomous collaborative platforms. Following the success of the XQ-58A Valkyrie, the first low-cost uncrewed air vehicle intended to provide the warfighter with credible and affordable mass, the XQ-67A proves the common chassis or genus approach to aircraft design, build and test... This approach paves the way for other aircraft "species" to be rapidly replicated on a standard genus chassis...The genus can be built upon for other aircraft — similar to that of a vehicle frame — with the possibility of adding different aircraft kits to the frame, such as an Off-Board Sensing Station or Off-Board Weapon Station."[2]
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References
- ^ "General Atomics unveils XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station UAV". Janes. 12 فبراير 2024. Retrieved 13 مارس 2024.
- ^ "AFRL's XQ-67A makes 1st successful flight". Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs. 5 مارس 2024. Retrieved 13 مارس 2024.
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