Nei giorni scorsi la US Navy ha testato con successo un sistema integrato anti-drone che sarà installato nella nuova portaerei USS Gerald Ford.
I test sono avvenuti nelle acque della California a bordo di un vascello di prova, dove il sistema realizzato da Raytheon – Ship Self-Defense System – ha identificato il drone, ha elaborato i dati per l’intercettazione, inviando poi i comandi al missile che lo ha distrutto. Ecco la sequenza come da comunicato di Raytheon:
The CVN 78 SSDS Integrated Combat System incorporates several elements including Raytheon’s:
- Dual Band Radar: This technology searched for, located and tracked the target. DBR then provided radar illumination to the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile to support missile guidance.
- Cooperative Engagement Capability, or CEC: The capability validated and processed the Dual Band Radar data for SSDS. CEC is responsible for providing a single, integrated air picture, fusing data from multiple sensors to improve track accuracy.
- Ship Self Defense System: SSDS processed the CEC data, determined the appropriate engagement ranges, passed launch commands to the missile, and scheduled Dual Band Radar support for the engagement.
- Evolved SeaSparrow Missile: The interceptor successfully engaged and defeated the target.
- Rolling Airframe Missile: The RAM interceptor was successfully scheduled by SSDS, but not required, since the target was destroyed by the ESSM.
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