Persistent UAV Maritime Snoopers Getting to be a Real Thing

[Talyn]

One of the sleeper stories from RIMPAC is that General Atomic’s MQ-9B SeaGuardian spent some 100 hours poking around the exercises and demonstrated Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) targeting and a new Sonobuoy Dispensing System (SDS) to support its ASW capability.

Persistent UAV Maritime Snoopers Getting to be a Real Thing

One of the sleeper stories from RIMPAC is that General Atomic’s MQ-9B SeaGuardian spent some 100 hours poking around the exercises and demonstrated Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) target…

laststandonzombieisland.com

 

[trader]

interesting. The Russians have that bloody big AI type torpedo now so we'll need more "ears" in the waterways.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

what they should add is pods filed with drones that can act in singular, groups and/or swarms.

 

[Talyn]

what they should add is pods filed with drones that can act in singular, groups and/or swarms.

The have the capability of deploying sub-surface "torpedo-like" drones from a pod.

SUBMATT AAT

The range of FPVs are too short to be useful in the ocean expanses.