Presented by the aerospace industry at the annual aerospace conference
Amnon Barzilai, Haaretz, voila!
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The Aerospace Industry (TAA) is considering building an unmanned aircraft (UAV) to transport cargo, and a UAV that will fly for a week in a row. Both aircraft are intended for use for military purposes, but also for civilian purposes.
Shlomo Tzach, the chief planning engineer of the TAA engineering plant, and who is currently responsible for the development of unmanned aircraft, explains that the field of unmanned aircraft is the leader in the aviation industry in the world. The assessment in the military aviation industry is that the American F-35 fighter jet, which will enter operational service at the beginning of The next decade will be the last manned fighter plane. For this reason, in recent years there has been a large increase in the production of drones, and the investment in their development in the world has increased four According to IAI calculations, in the future this investment will increase sevenfold.
While the US military is testing the possibility of converting a normal military transport plane into an unmanned transport plane, Israel is working on the pre-planning of a cargo drone (cargo). The starting point is that the plane will be able to carry a load of 10 tons, in a container that will hang below it. According to the plan, the UAV will have two engines, its wingspan will be 25 meters and its weight at takeoff will be 30 tons.
There is no need to install avionics systems, which are designed to make it easier for a pilot in a normal plane. The transition to the production of a UAV-robot that operates autonomously will allow the construction of more economically viable systems. Tzach did not specify a date for the construction of the UAV, but noted that in the US and Europe it is estimated that a solution for such a platform will be found in 2020.
The UAV, which can stay in the air for a week, was tested last year jointly with the Administration for the Development of Weapons and Infrastructure (MPAAT) in the Ministry of Defense. In this framework, the propulsion of the plane using fuel cells is tested, which will allow a continuous stay of seven days at an altitude of 50 thousand feet (about 15 thousand meters). The planned drone, which will weigh one ton, will be able to carry a dedicated load of cameras and communications weighing 200 kg. According to Tsach, in the near future the drone industry will benefit from the future engines that will be installed in vehicles and will be based on fuel cells. These engines will be powered by hydrogen and oxygen that will generate electrical energy.
Tzach claims that the TAA is considered the leading body in the world in the development of drones. Two UAVs developed in Israel are already in operational service in the US Army and the US Navy. In Europe, the TAA leads research in the field of drones, in cooperation with 40 bodies from the EU countries.
Tzach is proud that the main milestones in the history of drones in the world are based on the unmanned aerial vehicles developed by TAA. During the Galilee Peace War, the world's drone revolution began, when the Israeli drone "Zahvan" (searcher) discovered Syrian air-to-surface missile batteries, which were destroyed by the Air Force.
Following the success, the American Navy decided to develop, in cooperation with the Israel Defense Forces, the "Pioneer", which was a success story in the first Gulf War in 1991. In the 90s, the American Army ordered a more advanced UAV, the "Hunter", developed by the Defense Forces and - The American "TRW" "Hunter" was a success story in the war in Kosovo and in the war in Iraq last year.
Now Northrop German, which bought TRW, is trying to give Hunter the capabilities of a missile-carrying attack drone.
The TAA engineering plant predicts future development in two parallel directions: tiny drones and heavy drones. Tzach says that as part of the company's experiments, a micro-drone weighing 300 grams was recently successfully launched. He carried a camera weighing 20 grams, took off to a height of 300-100 meters and stayed in the air for 35 minutes. TAA believes that micro UAVs can be used by ground forces, which will operate in warfare in built-up areas.
Amnon Barzilai, Haaretz
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