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Primer UAV a bordo de submarinos de la clase Los Angeles
Navy tries out new surveillance craft
Date: November 12, 2007
The Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine Montpelier has been equipped
with the Buster unmanned aerial vehicle, the first submarine to get the
system.
The Buster, which is in use by the Army, is a portable surveillance
aircraft that takes infrared images. A Navy cruise missile submarine
(SSGN) will likely also get the Buster in the future, said Vice Adm. Jay
Donnelly, submarine force commander, in a videotaped address to the
annual Naval Submarine League symposium in McLean, VA Oct. 31.
The Buster was tested at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation
Center (AUTEC) the week before the symposium, Donnelly said.
He showed attendees a video of the Buster in action. The aircraft is
launched "with basically bungee cords," but "eventually, we want to get
to a submerged launch," he said.
The video also showed images from the Buster cruising at 1,000 feet
above test center, higher than the UAV would normally operate due to
airspace restrictions, he said.
"She'd actually operate a little lower and have a little more resolution
on the camera," he said.
The infrared camera images shows hot areas as black and cold areas as
white. The images are then "beamed back to [the Montpelier] 20 miles
away," Donnelly said.
"That's the capability we hope to prove on her deployment, and then use
that in an SSGN deployment in the future," he said.
Spokesmen from Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval Air Systems Command
declined comment on the Buster, saying that the program is not under
their charge.
The Montpelier deployed Nov. 5 with the Truman battle group.
Navy tries out new surveillance craft
Date: November 12, 2007
The Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine Montpelier has been equipped
with the Buster unmanned aerial vehicle, the first submarine to get the
system.
The Buster, which is in use by the Army, is a portable surveillance
aircraft that takes infrared images. A Navy cruise missile submarine
(SSGN) will likely also get the Buster in the future, said Vice Adm. Jay
Donnelly, submarine force commander, in a videotaped address to the
annual Naval Submarine League symposium in McLean, VA Oct. 31.
The Buster was tested at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation
Center (AUTEC) the week before the symposium, Donnelly said.
He showed attendees a video of the Buster in action. The aircraft is
launched "with basically bungee cords," but "eventually, we want to get
to a submerged launch," he said.
The video also showed images from the Buster cruising at 1,000 feet
above test center, higher than the UAV would normally operate due to
airspace restrictions, he said.
"She'd actually operate a little lower and have a little more resolution
on the camera," he said.
The infrared camera images shows hot areas as black and cold areas as
white. The images are then "beamed back to [the Montpelier] 20 miles
away," Donnelly said.
"That's the capability we hope to prove on her deployment, and then use
that in an SSGN deployment in the future," he said.
Spokesmen from Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval Air Systems Command
declined comment on the Buster, saying that the program is not under
their charge.
The Montpelier deployed Nov. 5 with the Truman battle group.
