Drones will be taught to fly out of water and attack targets in the sky: what they came up with in the US Navy

Sluas -based drones based on Switchblade Blackwing will run directly from submarines and transmit data to the ships about what is happening on the surface of the ocean and in the sky. The US naval forces will test a new system that allows you to launch unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based on Switchblade Blackwing directly from submarines for reconnaissance and targeting. The details are transmitted by Warrior Maven.

The system is designed in such a way that through the thickness of the water to reach the surface and gain a height. The report published by the Navy underwater hostilities, "Sluas) is described as a 1. 8-kilogram 48-centimeter unmanned sensor that runs from the water in the container through a signal ejector. The fact is that the hydrolocators, periscope and radio electronic struggle are not enough - the level of situational awareness on submarines is relatively low.

Greg Volsh, the technical director of the Sluas program, believes that thanks to the drone drops, the capacity of submarines will be able to expand, in particular by using radio frequency data channels. Sparton has developed a new software to create a multi-dominant submarine-air network of "connected" nodes capable of collecting and transmitting data under the ocean to the depths to which other communication channels cannot reach.

Elbit America is generally responsible for the operation of the Sluas system. It is worth noting that the system is an element of Switchblade Blackwing drone produced by Aerovionment. How it works, you can see here. The submarine will get a Sluas air pointer and allow you to see "see" and/or "or aim" on the enemy's excess ship. In the future, submarines will be able to run the drone Sluas, and then dive into the water again until the drone fulfills its mission.

Upon completion of the mission, the drone will return on board the boat at a predefined time and in a predetermined place - where the vessel will be able to lift its antenna to the surface. Currently, the submarine must be under the surface of the water, not too deep to keep in touch with UAVs, but Elbit America and Sparton developers intend to create a new generation of submarine communication systems to transmit data to depth.

So far, engineers are faced with the problem of delaying the transmission of information, but are already working on a radio frequency-acoustic "interface", which will allow radio frequency signals to go to the waterlocker so that underwater acoustic signals can transmit data from air drones to a great depth. Among other things, at the expense of such an interface, the lining does not have to rise to the surface, remaining hidden from the enemy and occupying tactically favorable positions.

It is worth noting that the drone sensor is developed as part of the US Navy program Project Overmatch, and it will be part of the integrated multi-domain system of "air-sea-over water-under water", which is able to transmit details about the target, information from other sensors, and also improves Command and control during maritime battle, working in real time.