Le Laser Embarqué (Airborne Laser ou ABL en anglais), également appelé YAL-1A, est une arme basée sur un laser délivrant une puissance de l'ordre du megawatt et de type chimique iode-oxygène (Chemical Oxygene Iodine Laser en anglais) développé pour l'US Air Force. Son objectif est la destruction de missiles en vol.
Le programme à débuté en 1994 et le total du budget absorbé par celui-ci s'élève en 2007 à 4,3 milliards de dollars US
Le laser est embarqué sur un Boeing 747-400 modifié à partir de l'an 2000 et est en période de test. A l'heure actuelle seul des tests aux sols ont été effectués. Cependant des prototypes moins puissants ont été utilisés en vol dans les années 1980 par le Laboratoire des Laser Embarqués[1], ils furent les précurseurs de l'actuel ABL.
L'ABL ne détruit pas le missile. Il chauffe simplement son enveloppe perturbant ainsi sa pénétration dans l'air. Si ce laser s'avère efficace, une flotte de 7 Boeing est prévue à la construction.
Un rapport de 2003 réalisé par le American Physical Society sur la défense par missile américaine (National Missile Defense) montre qu'un tel laser pourrait atteindre des missiles balistiques à propulsion liquide à une distance de 600km, et à 300km pour les propulsions solides.
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L'ABL utilise des capteurs infrarouges pour détecter le missile. Trois lasers de faible puissance suivent alors le missile (position, vitesse) ainsi que les perturbations atmosphériques. Après quoi le laser principal est déclenché pendant 3 à 5 secondes depuis une tourelle située sur le nez de l'appareil. L'ABL doit se situer dans un rayon de 100km de l'origine du tir afin de déterminer la trajectoire exacte du missile.
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Sujet: Re: ARMES DU FUTURE Mer 22 Avr 2009 - 3:36
vous n'aurez pas un documentaire sur les armes futuristes que je peux télécharger?
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Sujet: Re: ARMES DU FUTURE Mer 22 Avr 2009 - 11:46
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vous n'aurez pas un documentaire sur les armes futuristes que je peux télécharger?
non j'ai pas mais dimanche soir sur (planète) il y aura un documentaire "les ailes de la guerres" vers 18h40
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Sujet: Re: ARMES DU FUTURE Sam 25 Avr 2009 - 1:15
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Capacités sensorielles des requins au service de l’armée L’armée américaine s’intéresse de près aux capacités que possèdent requins et raies à détecter les différences de potentiel électrique provenant des êtres vivants ou produites par les courants du champ magnétique terrestre. Grâce aux ampoules de Lorenzini, ils peuvent détecter une proie, sans la voir, l’entendre ou la sentir.
La technologie humaine pourrait-elle reproduire ce sixième sens ?
Trois sociétés de San Diego travaillent sur ce projet de recherche de l’US Navy, qui pourrait conduire à de nouvelles technologies pour détecter les sous-marins ennemis ou les mines. La société RD Instruments, qui développe des capteurs acoustiques de vitesses de courants, utilisés pour la sécurité maritime, a commencé à travailler sur ce projet en avril, a déclaré un de ses spécialistes, Jerry Mullison.
Jerry Mullison estime que si ces études de faisabilité sont concluantes et si la Navy poursuit ce projet avec RD Instruments, la réalisation d’un prototype pourrait prendre deux ans.
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Sujet: Re: ARMES DU FUTURE Dim 23 Aoû 2009 - 18:36
je je vais vous presenter les future systèmes de combat, des systèmes integrés de défense, dévellopé par les différentes industries militaires américaine sous la supervision de la DARPA, l'organisme de recherche et devellopement du Pentagone :
Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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The Honeywell-developed Future Combat Systems (FCS) Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is backpackable and provides dismounted soldiers with unprecedented reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition capability on the battlefield. During Experiment 1.1 interoperability between FCS and current force systems was demonstrated when real-time video imagery taken from the Class I UAV was relayed into the cockpit of an AH-64D Apache multi-role helicopter during mock combat exercises.
Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle
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Soldiers participating in a Future Combat Systems (FCS) Experiment 1.1 mock combat exercise use the Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV), developed by iRobot Corporation, for building-clearing operations and to detect the presence of enemy combatants. These man-portable, robotic vehicles can be employed for high risk activities such as surveillance in buildings, tunnels and caves, or detecting explosive devices, without exposing soldiers directly to the hazards.
Tactical-Unattended Ground Sensors
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Future Combat Systems (FCS) Tactical-Unattended Ground Sensors (T-UGS), developed by Textron Systems, provide soldiers with unprecedented situational awareness on the battlefield through improved target detection, location, classification and transmission among other capabilities. Equipped with acoustic, seismic and infrared sensors, T-UGS can be used to perform mission tasks such as perimeter defense, surveillance, target acquisition and situational awareness; and are currently among those FCS technologies slated for early spin out to the current force beginning in 2008.
Urban-Unattended Ground Sensors
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Soldiers participating in a Future Combat Systems (FCS) Experiment 1.1 mock combat exercise place Urban-Unattended Ground Sensors (U-UGS) inside a previously cleared building to monitor its status and warn if it has been re-occupied by enemy combatants. U-UGS, developed by Textron Systems, provide a leave-behind, network-enabled reporting system for situational awareness and force protection in an urban setting, and are currently among those technologies slated for early spin out to the current force beginning in 2008.
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trés belle série RdD
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Sujet: Re: ARMES DU FUTURE Mer 26 Aoû 2009 - 22:16
regarder bien la video en entier et surtout écouter
votre avis ?
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future weapons video de 44 min en anglais, 3 parties
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ils s´arretent pas ces gens,next stop StarWars
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Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser Strikes Moving Target in Test
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Boeing Company and the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 19 damaged a moving ground vehicle from the air using the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft, completing ATL's first air-to-ground, high-power laser engagement of a mobile target.
During the test, the C-130H aircraft took off from Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque and fired a high-power chemical laser through its beam control system while flying over White Sands Missile Range. The beam control system guided the laser beam's energy to the unoccupied, remotely controlled target, striking the vehicle and putting a hole in a fender. The test demonstrated the ability to aim and fire a high-energy laser beam at a moving target.
"In this test, a directed energy weapon successfully demonstrated direct attack on a moving target," said Gary Fitzmire, vice president and program director of Boeing Missile Defense Systems' Directed Energy Systems unit. "ATL has now precisely targeted and engaged both stationary and moving targets, demonstrating the transformational versatility of this speed-of-light, ultra-precision engagement capability that will dramatically reduce collateral damage."
The test occurred less than three weeks after an Aug. 30 test in which ATL damaged an unoccupied stationary vehicle, marking the aircraft's first air-to-ground, high-power laser engagement of a tactically representative target.
Boeing developed ATL for the Air Force. ATL demonstrations support the development of laser defense systems that will destroy, damage or disable targets on the battlefield and in urban operations with little to no collateral damage.
The Boeing-led ATL industry team includes L-3 Communications/Brashear, which built the laser turret; HYTEC Inc., which made a variety of the weapon system's structural elements; and J.B. Henderson, which provides mechanical integration support.
Boeing leads the way in developing and integrating laser systems for a variety of customers, including the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy. Besides ATL, these systems include the Airborne Laser, Free Electron Laser, High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator and Tactical Relay Mirror System.
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oh ces indiens ont un futur trés briant ISRO's Hypercraft Project HSTDV
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qu´ils finissent d´abord le Tejas des 80s avant de penser au futur
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Boeing Laser Systems Destroy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Tests
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Boeing Laser Systems Destroy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Tests
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 18, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] in May demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to perform a unique mission: track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
During the U.S. Air Force-sponsored tests at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif., the Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments (MATRIX), which was developed by Boeing under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory, used a single, high-brightness laser beam to shoot down five UAVs at various ranges. Laser Avenger, a Boeing-funded initiative, also shot down a UAV. Representatives of the Air Force and Army observed the tests.
"The Air Force and Boeing achieved a directed-energy breakthrough with these tests," said Gary Fitzmire, vice president and program director of Boeing Missile Defense Systems' Directed Energy Systems unit. "MATRIX's performance is especially noteworthy because it demonstrated unprecedented, ultra-precise and lethal acquisition, pointing and tracking at long ranges using relatively low laser power."
Bill Baker, chief scientist of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, praised his team and Boeing for these successful UAV shootdowns.
"These tests validate the use of directed energy to negate potential hostile threats against the homeland," Baker said. "The team effort of Boeing and the Air Force in developing MATRIX will pay major dividends for the warfighter now and in the years ahead."
As part of the overall counter-UAV demonstration, Boeing also successfully test-fired a lightweight 25mm machine gun from the Laser Avenger platform to potentially further the hybrid directed energy/kinetic energy capability against UAV threats.
Boeing Directed Energy Systems, based in Albuquerque, developed MATRIX, a mobile, trailer-mounted test bed that integrates with existing test-range radar. Directed Energy Systems and Boeing Combat Systems in St. Louis cooperatively developed Laser Avenger, which integrates a directed-energy weapon together with the existing kinetic weapons on the proven Avenger air defense system developed by Combat Systems.
Boeing leads the way in developing laser weapon systems for a variety of U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy applications. These systems include the Airborne Laser, Advanced Tactical Laser, Free Electron Laser, High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator and Tactical Relay Mirror System.
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c'est le meme qu'ils ont perdu hier lors d'un test. J'ai posté un article dans la partie USAF.
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Boston Dynamics' Bigger BigDog Robot Is Alive
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Boston Dynamics, the company that brought the world the beloved BigDog quadruped robot, is now showing off its newest beast. Think BigDog on steroids. The new robot is stronger, more agile, and bigger than BigDog. The official name is LS3 (Legged Squad Support System), but it seems that the Boston Dynamics guys are calling it BullDog instead. Marc Raibert, the flower-patterned-shirt-wearing founder and president of Boston Dynamics, discussed the LS3 project in a keynote talk today at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Boston Dynamics, based in Waltham, Mass., has made significant progress in transforming the DARPA-funded LS3 robotic mule project into reality.
Like BigDog, the new robot is designed to assist soldiers in carrying heavy loads over rough terrain. But whereas the original BigDog could carry a payload of 340 pounds (about 150 kilograms) and had a range of 12 miles (20 kilometers), LS3 can carry 400 pounds (180 kilograms) and will have a range of 20 miles (about 30 kilometers). It's also quieter, and the Boston Dynamics engineers are teaching it some new tricks: It will be able to jump over obstacles, right itself after a fall, and navigate with greater autonomy than its predecessor. Raibert awed the audience with some amazing videos of the LS3 robot mule navigating rough terrain, trotting, and getting shoved (without losing its balance) not by one but two people at the same time! Alas, we can't show you the videos yet. Raibert told us that he's still getting permission from DARPA to make them public. So in a week or two we'll have them for you. Raibert also talked about Boston Dynamics' humanoid project, called Petman. It's an adult-sized humanoid that the U.S. Army, which funds the project, will use to test chemical suits and other protective gear.
Petman is another amazing Boston Dynamics creation. Raibert again stunned the audience with some really impressive videos of the humanoid walking, kneeling, squatting, and even doing push-ups! This is the first time I see a machine performing movements like that. They look remarkably human, yet there's something uncanny valley-esque to them. No wonder Petman creeps out even Raibert himself. And you guessed it: The videos are embargoed as well; we hope to have them here soon. By the way, if you like robot dogs, Boston Dynamics is hiring. Check out all robotics projects at the company in the slide below.
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La nano-peinture qui rendra les avions invisibles
Le fantasme de l’invisibilité n’est peut-être plus si loin. Une nouvelle peinture composée de nanotubes de carbone pourrait permettre de rendre les avions de chasse indétectables aux radars dans la journée et invisibles de nuit.
Les nanotubes de carbone ont en effet des propriétés étonnantes : ils sont très résistants, conducteurs, et surtout il s’agit du matériau le plus foncé qui soit. Ces longs tubes de carbone pur, larges d’à peine quelques nanomètres – autant dire presque rien – absorbent un très large spectre de lumière – de la lumière du jour aux ultraviolets, en passant par les ondes radio. Ils pourraient donc servir de camouflage.
Le professeur L. Jay Guo, de l’université du Michigan, et ses équipes travaillent actuellement à rendre ce "rêve" possible. En guise de démonstration, ils ont recouvert de nanotubes de carbone une tranche de silicone sur laquelle un tank apparaissait en relief. A la suite de l’opération, la surface semble plate et noire, comme visible sur la photo en lien ici.
Guo explique que si un radar croisait la route d’un avion recouvert de ces nanotubes, les ondes ne rebondiraient pas sur lui. Le radar ne le repèrerait donc pas.
Si produire des nanotubes est assez aisé, en recouvrir un avion parait plus compliqué. La production se fait pour le moment dans des chambres plus petites que la taille d’un avion, à de très hautes températures et de fortes pressions. Pour Guo, il faudrait donc que ces nanotubes soient d’abord déposés sur des particules de petite taille, puis mélangés à de la peinture.
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Future weapons sur Discovery Channel
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LRAD: Long Range Acoustic Device
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New technologies including drones and cyber weapons are changing the way we wage war, says former Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. Steinberg tells Reuters Social Media Editor Anthony De Rosa that war will be redefined in the future and will take many forms. (July 05, 2012)
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Advanced Tactics Unveils the AT Transformer: The Future of Roadable VTOL Aircraft and Modular Cargo Systems
The AT Transformer technology makes possible the world’s first roadable, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The patented AT Transformer technology combines the capabilities of a helicopter, such as the ability to take off and land anywhere, with the capabilities of an off-road automobile. The first technology demonstrator, the AT Black Knight Transformer, completed driving tests in December 2013 in Southern California and is scheduled to fly in early 2014.
Advanced Tactics began work on the AT Black Knight Transformer in 2010. The Black Knight Transformer is designed for autonomous casualty evacuation and manned or unmanned cargo resupply missions. Its unmanned capabilities keep pilots out of harm’s way, making it the safest casualty evacuation option. The interior volume is comparable to a Blackhawk helicopter, making it well-suited for cargo missions as well. In 2012, Advanced Tactics began work on the AT Panther Transformer, a similar vehicle designed specifically for Special Operations missions. It is a low-cost vehicle that carries two passengers and their gear, is transportable in a CV-22 Osprey cargo hold, and is operable with minimal training. This vehicle is shown below and will be used to transport passengers to a remote location that is inaccessible by traditional air or ground based means.
Imagine a situation where a soldier has been wounded on the front lines in an urban firefight – he’s being protected by the rest of his squad but he needs to be evacuated immediately or he will die. A nearby base is notified of the casualty and dispatches an AT Black Knight Transformer vehicle to evacuate him. The vehicle autonomously takes off and heads toward the front lines, 20 miles away. The squad is deep in the city and there are no safe landing zones within a half mile radius. Two members of the squad designate a safe landing zone in an open courtyard and wait for the vehicle there. Once it arrives, it lands and the two soldiers climb inside. The flight engines are stowed and the vehicle enters driving mode. It is manually driven through the narrow streets to the casualty, who is quickly loaded onboard and connected to life support equipment. The vehicle is driven back to the courtyard where it takes off. Several minutes later the wounded soldier arrives at the base where he can be given full medical treatment within the “Golden Hour” after injury. The Black Knight Transformer’s unique air and ground ingress and egress options dramatically reduced the time needed to evacuate the casualty and his life was saved without risking a flight crew or the need for a ground transport.
The Black Knight and Panther Transformers both utilize the AT Transformer technology, which leverages the simplicity and robustness of a “multicopter” helicopter at a full-scale size. Like the small electric multicopters that are prevalent today, the AT Transformer uses engines with a direct drive connection to prop-rotors. The components of the propulsion system, including the engines and prop-rotors, are low-cost commercially available parts and the aircraft’s structure is made of modular field-replaceable components. Like an electric multicopter, the vehicle is stabilized and controlled by differential thrust between opposing sets of prop-rotors. This design is simple and robust, eliminating the mechanical complexity and cost of the articulated rotor system that stabilizes and controls a conventional helicopter and replacing it with a high-speed computerized feedback control system. Additionally, the configuration negates the need for a tail-rotor or engine transmission. The AT Transformer has the ability to perform controlled engine-out flight in case of a critical component failure. The design benefits from a large interior volume compared to the overall footprint of the vehicle, which makes it an ideal candidate for unmanned cargo resupply missions as well as civil missions such as package delivery and fire-fighting. Both the Black Knight and the Panther Transformers have automotive suspensions and drive-trains similar to those used in off-road trucks. Large truck tires and shocks provide excellent terrain handling and soften the vehicles’ landings. The wheels are driven by an independent engine and transaxle for speeds up to 70 mph. The AT Transformer design is highly modular for rapid repair and reconfiguration. For instance, each of the eight propulsion subsystems can be replaced in the field by two people and the payload bay can be changed from casualty evacuation life support equipment to cargo for multi-mission capabilities. Additionally, the modular automobile portion of the vehicle can be replaced with a boat hull or an amphibious hull for water operations.
The Black Knight and Panther Transformer vehicles have been developed through an iterative prototyping process starting with small scale electric prototypes and moving to the larger internal combustion powered technology demonstration vehicles. The first electric prototypes were flown in 2010 followed by a 2,000 lbs gas-powered vehicle in 2012. A scaled prototype of the Panther vehicle has been tested and the full-scale version is in the early design phase. The operational concept design of the Black Knight Transformer is a streamlined aircraft that has been optimized for payload carrying and multi-mission capabilities. That vehicle will use turbo diesel engines and aerodynamic enhancements to provide a payload capacity of over 1,000 lbs or five passengers with a 250 nm range. Configured without the ground drivetrain, the aircraft can carry up to 1600 lbs of payload or eight passengers. The aircraft will cruise at a speed of 130 kts and drive at up to 70 mph. This highly capable vehicle will provide a safe, low-cost option for casualty evacuation, medical and cargo resupply, and other military or civil missions.
After its first flight, the AT Black Knight Transformer technology demonstrator will enter an iterative testing program leading to a full-capability demonstration in late 2014. Advanced Tactics is interested in collaboration and joint development opportunities for taking this, and other patented AT technologies, into full production.
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Bourget 2015 : MBDA présente Flexis, le missile modulaire Publié le 15/06/2015 à 16h09, par Antony Angrand
MBDA continue d'imaginer à quoi pourraient ressembler les conlits à l'horizon 2035, par le biais de ses Vision Concept. Après le centre de commandement et de contrôle du futur présenté l'an dernier, un mini-missile pour le combattant débarqué (Gladius), ou bien encore un missile multi-rôle (Perseus), cette année c'est le concept Flexis qui est présenté.
Flexis est un concept de missile entièrement modulaire, imaginé par une équipe européenne réunissant à la fois des Français, des Britanniques, des Allemands, des Espagnols et des Italiens. Le missile serait assemblable entièrement à la demande, en fonction de la mission à laquelle on le destine. Les principaux avantages de ce système reposent sur une modularité très avancée, trois modes de propulsion interchangeables, une réduction du nombre de missiles stockés à bord, puisque seuls des petits modules sont nécessaires.
"Grâce à ce système, il ne serait plus nécessaire de disposer de dix missiles air-air, dix autres missiles air-sol et ainsi de suite. On a juste besoin de stocker un certain nombre de ces modules qui sont capables pour ces missions", commente Benjamin Cuvillon, un des deux Français ayant travaillé sur ce projet présenté au cinquante et unième salon du Bourget.
"Le gros avantage de ce concept est une adaptabilité très rapide aux nouvelles menaces détectées, puisqu'il suffirait alors seulement et uniquement de changer un module, de le remplacer au prodit d'un nouveau modèle. Ce qui n'est pas encore le cas actuellement, puisque lorsque ce cas se présente, cela nécessite la conception d'un nouveau missile," explique Benjamin Cuvillon.
Et de rajouter, "Ce bénéfice permettrait également de mieux gérer la durée de vie des modules, en se servant du HUMS (Health and Usage Monitoring System) et en l'intégrant à ces derniers. Les modules en fin de vie, comme par exemple le module pyrotechnique, pourraient être ainsi utilisés en priorité, ce qui permettrait un gain évident à l'opérateur puisqu'aujourd'hui c'est tout le missile qui est concerné lorsque se présente ce cas particulier."
L'assemblage des missiles serait réalisé de manière automatique, grâce à une interface homme-machine avec l'apport de robots pour effectuer l'assemblage. Les modules échangeraient entre eux par le biais de l'induction, autrement dit par technologie sans contact, avec un bus de communication et de puissance localisé dans le chassis composite commun.
"Il y a un tronçon central commun en composite, commun à toutes les configurations, qui héberge le bus de communication et de puissance, permettant la modularité", commente Benjamin Cuvillon. "L'idée reste celle d'un concept car. Il ne s'agit pas ainsi de le vendre, mais bien plutôt de présenter des technologies en cours de développement, qui seront disponibles plus tard", conclue Benjamin Cuvillon.