http://www.livescience.com/58390-darpa-gremlin-program-retrieves-drones-in-midair.html
>"The Phase 1 program showed the feasibility of airborne [drone] launch and recovery systems that would require minimal modification to the host aircraft," Wierzbanowski said in a statement. "We’re aiming in Phase 2 to mature two system concepts to enable ‘aircraft carriers in the sky’ using air-recoverable [drones] that could carry various payloads advances that would greatly extend the range, flexibility, and affordability of [drone] operations for the U.S. military."
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a20459/swarms-of-gremlin-drones-darpa
>They would fly up to 500 miles (805km) to the target area and loiter there for up to three hours before returning to be picked up by a C-130 recovery aircraft, possibly using the 1950s spiraling "bucket drop" technique. DARPA expects each Gremlin to survive at least 20 missions.
>some Gremlins act as decoys, some as jammers, and some as radar detectors, passing on details of where enemy radar are so they can be attacked at a later time.
>In a paper for the Naval Postgraduate School, Ibrahim Kocaman describes how a swarm of jammer drones can form a "dispersed wirelessly networked opportunistic array." By synchronizing their signals, they act as a single jamming unit with a gigantic virtual antenna. Kocaman says that even with a poor level of coordination, the swarm will have more jamming power and greater range than if the elements worked separately. Even if some of the drones are shot down, the jamming continues. The same jamming technique can be used to block communications or other signals (such as the GPS used by SatNavs), and again being able to get up close makes a difference. Even a powerful signal can be jammed if the jammer is much closer than the source.
So looks like the US got more tools to take out layered Russian air defenses.
All units, destroy the Arsenal Bird.
Neat
>>33416744
This is just like those SHMUP games where the skies are saturated with mindless drones for the manned fighters to control and/or shoot at freely. Could possibly lead to a bigger emphasis on dogfighting as I doubt you want to waste your missiles on these types of drones.
Always thought an AMRAAM that could reattach itself to a hardpoint would be awesome
imperialist russians BTFO
>>33416744
>literally a protoss carrier
darpa has been playing too much starcraft
So the Russian air defenses will literally be shooting at "gremlins"
>Ivan! Gremlins! All over radar screen!
>blyat Yuiry you fucked up the antenna
>No I did not antenna is of good condition
>dots are getting of bigger?
blackwing is cooler
>>33417150
>under the ocean is full of stars
>>33416785
>>33417150
>>33416744
>mfw the DoD is developing not one but two seperate Ace Combat boss superweapons
>mfw it's all Belkas fault
>>33418263
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPBuE6fMBnE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gTSr07Jqs
Russian? Not really. The Russians have advanced electronic warfare emitters that can do full spectrum scan of rogue radio frequencies and interrupt them. Krasukha, Avtobaza-M, Khibiny, Moskva and Repellent-1 to name a few. Problem solved, no need to launch numerous SAMs. Not a year passes without announcement of a new wunderwaffle hyped up by defense contractors as a weapon to surpass the S-400. The "drone swarms", most recent hype on the market, will serve as a black hole for American taxes for as long until the Pentagon catches up with the existence of Pantsir point-based defense systems, Tamara/Vera/Valeria RWR/ELINT sensors, and dedicated EWAR stations.
At best, things like Gremlin and Perdix can function as intimidation tool against sandbox tin pot dictators, as evidenced by 1960s SAM they're targeting in crappy >>33418758 CGI cartoons.
>>33418377
>>33418263
>inb4 we make the Ariel Fleet
>>33420108
>advanced INS
>passive detection and homing
>networked signal boosting
>EC-130H Compass Call
Watch as the US laughs at russias pathetic attempts at EW.
Between the MALD-J, Gremlin, airborne jamming assets and F-35, the USAF could fly victory laps around russian air defenses.
>>33420282
Stonehenge when?
>>33420331
>Watch as the US laughs at russias pathetic attempts at EW.
*Takes down your premier stealth drone
>>33418758
it seems americans honestly believe that s-series are meant to work as munition interceptors. guess that's why negroid troglodytes were so happy with $3 million patriot missile shooting down $200 drone, the purpose of close to mid range point based defense is a mystery to them.
>“I’m not sure that’s a good economic-exchange ratio,” Perkins said. “In fact, if I’m the enemy, I’m thinking, ‘Hey, I’m just going to get on eBay and buy as many of these $300 quadcopters as I can and expend all the Patriot missiles out there.’ ”
you don't say
>>33420372
Megalith was better, if only for the music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1sIqCQFKVo
>>33420798
It wasn't the US who shot down the drone, it was some ally in the ME. It may or may not have been orchestrated by the US.
Most likely it was a direct response to Israel who claimed that their patriots failed to hit a drone some time ago.
It could also be to prove that the US made system can hit an object with such tiny RCS, something the subhuman vermin has yet to do with their S-400.
one nuclear tipped SAM = no decoys nor real aircraft in a square grid anymore.
>>33421489
Are you MAD?
>>33421557
tactical nuke against attacking planes and drones who intrude upon one's airspace?
That wouldnt trigger MAD.
>>33420792
>unlike US equipment, RF equipment never has failures
>>33421563
>they use nukes to protect sam sites
>we use nukes to destroy the sam sites
>?????
>we fallout now
>>33421563
>use of nuclear weapons in a war won't trigger a nuclear response.
>>33421563
>If you nuke yourself you win
uhhhh
HE MEANT AN EMP NUKE YOU RETARDS.
The EMP would knock out the drones.
>>33423637
Having to EMP yourself still isn't good.
>>33423637
And you'll fry the radar that was being jammed. Nuke EMP and radar mix so bad you wouldn't believe.
>>33425635
But it opens space for T-72 columns da? So you lose Amerikanski.
>>33418263
>>33418377
>>33420282
Well, with Lockheed creating a "compact" fusion reactor, the USAF could build a electrically driven mega-airframe like the P-1112.
>electric turbines
>the turbines have a "combustion" chamber using the fusion reactors waste heat to super heat / auto combust the air
>>33423385
>>33422734
>>33421875
>AIR-2 Genie
>NIKE-AJAX
>BOMARC
Idiots.