Shooting rockets and launches drones: in the United States create unmanned catamaran Manta (photo)
The new concept of catamaran is intended to support unmanned aerial vehicles and ammunition for a hidden base in the framework of Austal's corporate approach to military shipbuilding. According to the role, Manta unmanned ship will have a mission compartment, including a shaft for dropping drones, a wide spectrum of container and modular weapons and integration of Radar Ceafar 2. There is a catamarans on a helicopter deck and a helicopter workshop to MQ-8C, but there is no hangar.
Particular attention is paid to a multi -purpose compartment that supports the deployment of large drones through the side doors and small drones through the integrated mine for the subduction of the submarines. Expected weapons for unmanned catamaran covers launchers for traditional Harpy ammunition and shock drones, light shock missiles of Spike Nlos and smaller unmanned aerial vehicles in various combinations.
In addition, the Manta can be installed RIM-116 RAM starting unit, false goals of the Mass type and 35 mm auto-harvest on the nasal deck. Manta is equipped with the container solutions of "The Cube" for a mine war, providing humanitarian aid and assistance in natural disasters. The design emphasizes the advantage inherent in multi -corpus vessels, allowing the maximum space on the deck and in the luggage compartment, while maintaining high mobility.
We will remind, on January 1, we wrote about how the Textron's unmanned boat first struck several goals at once. It is known that the unmanned overwater CUSV has demonstrated extended hostilities on the surface during tests organized by the US Navy. The non -ex -vessel, intended primarily for the tasks of combating the mines for the US Navy, demonstrated its flexibility, fulfilling several tasks for combating moving goals as a assault.
And in November, we informed that Israel was testing a 12-meter SEAGULL-unmanned boat in the war. Seagull is now one of the additional Navy elements for defense from the sea. The absence of a crew allows you to perform tasks with high levels of risk, including the detection of marine mines. The unmanned boat was developed in 2016. Thanks to modularity, the boat is capable of performing a wide range of tasks. There is also a version with a 12. 7 mm module.