Tawonanso zomwe zingatheke zokhudzana ndi kukhalapo kwa ndege yozembera yokwera kwambiri, yopirira kwanthawi yayitali, yotchedwa ‘RQ-180,’ ndi momwe zikuyembekezereka kuphimba gulu los angeles U-2S Dragon Woman ndi RQ-4 yopanda ntchito. World Hawk surveillance platforms ndikukhala imodzi mwa ndege zofunika kwambiri zankhondo m’badwo. Tsopano, pali zidziwitso zochititsa chidwi kuti nsanja yowonjezera kapena wolowa m’malo mwa RQ-180 sikuti ikungopangidwa ndi Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, koma kuti kazitape wotsogola uyu waperekedwa kale. nkhani yaposachedwa ya Protection & Aerospace Air Energy Podcast, yoyendetsedwa ndi mkonzi wamkulu Vago Muradian, wolumikizidwa ndi mlendo wanthawi zonse JJ Gertler, director of The Protection Ideas Organisation komanso katswiri wamkulu pagulu los angeles Teal. Pakalipano, tilibe mtundu wotsimikizira za mawu awa, koma ndithudi ndi okondweretsa kwambiri, poganizira zomwe tikudziwa zokhudza mapulogalamu okhudzana ndi zofunikira zomwe zikubwera. “ndege yodziwika bwino kwambiri” kuposa RQ-180 komanso kuti “pali nkhani zomwe zaperekedwa kale,” ngakhale palibe chisonyezero cha kuchuluka kapena pamlingo wanji pulogalamuyo. Muradian akuwonjezera kuti “pakhala zovuta ndi pulogalamu imeneyo [and] zongopeka zina kuti zathetsedwa.” Ananenanso kuti: “Ndimamvetsetsa kuti pulogalamuyo idasinthidwanso chifukwa ndi kuthekera kwakukulu komweko [it] zimafunika kuwunikanso pang’ono kuti ndithe kupita kugulu lina los angeles ndege.”US Air Power em>” src=”https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2022/07/28/tu-2-rq-4.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=top&high quality=70&width=1440″ taste=”object-fit:duvet;object-position:heart;role:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;top:100%;max-width:100%”/>RQ-4 World Hawk kutsogolo pamsewu wa taxi ku Beale Air Power Base ku California, ndi mphunzitsi wa mipando iwiri wa TU-2S Dragon Woman akuwoneka akubwera kudzatera kumbuyo. US Air Power Muradian akuwonjezera, komabe, kuti pali “oyang’anira omenyera nkhondo ndi anthu ambiri azachilengedwe omwe akufuna kuti U-2 azikhala motalika momwe angathere chifukwa amapereka kuthekera kwakukulu,” zomwe tili nazo. zinakambidwanso m’mbuyomu, nayenso.Mosasamala kanthu kuti drone yatsopano ya Skunk Works ingatenge bwanji, m’pofunika kukumbukira poyamba kuti ngakhale RQ-180 imakhalabe yobisika kwambiri. Ngakhale kutchulidwako kumangoganiziridwa, kutengera kutulutsa kwa Lockheed Martin’s RQ-170 Sentinel, kapangidwe kena ka mapiko owuluka, ngakhale ndege yaying’ono kwambiri yowunikira. Most sensible Gun: Maverick. Lockheed Martin kudzera pa Twitter” src=”https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/11/03/Display-Shot-2023-11-03-at-6.35.02-PM.png?auto=webp&optimize=top&high quality=70&width=1440″ taste=”object-fit:duvet;object-position:heart;role:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;top:100%;max-width:100%”/>Ndege yopeka ya Darkstar hypersonic yomwe idawonekera mu kanema wa Most sensible Gun: Maverick. Lockheed Martin kudzera pa Twitter Chabwino asanatulutsidwe Maverick, tidanenapo kuti pulogalamu yachinsinsi ya SR-72 ikhoza kukhala yotsogola kwambiri pakukula kwake kuposa momwe Lockheed adavomerezera m’mbuyomu. kupanga ndege zowonetsera, pafupifupi kukula kwa F-22 Raptor, kuti zithandizire kutsimikizira matekinoloje omwe angagwirizane ndi mapangidwe a hypersonic a SR-72. Zinanenedweratu kuti chionetsero chamtunduwu chidzawononga ndalama zosakwana madola 1 biliyoni kuti chipangidwe ndipo chikhoza kuwulutsidwa patangopita zaka zochepa kuchokera pamene pulogalamuyo inayambitsidwa.Lockheed Martin
” src=”https://www.thedrive.com/uploads/2023/09/13/NGAD-concept-Lockheed.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=top&high quality=70&width=1440″ taste=”object-fit:duvet;object-position:heart;role:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;top:100%;max-width:100%”/>Malingaliro ojambula kuchokera ku Lockheed Martin akuwonetsa womenya wa m’badwo wachisanu ndi chimodzi. Lockheed Martin
Ndikoyenera kukumbukira kuti inali podcast yomweyi yomwe idawulula, mu June chaka chino, kuti Air Power idachepetsa pulogalamu yandege ya NGAD mpaka makontrakitala awiri kapena magulu a makontrakitala. Mosakayikira ngakhale chochititsa chidwi kwambiri, podcastyo idati palibe ochepera atatu owonetsa NGAD omwe alipo. Chithunzi chophatikizika chowonetsa wankhondo wam’badwo wachisanu ndi chimodzi motsatana ndi F-22 Raptor. Chithunzi cha US Air Power chojambulidwa ndi Tommie Horton/Lockheed Martin
Chithunzi cha US Air Power chojambulidwa ndi Tommie Horton/Lockheed MartinKomano, zikuwoneka kuti Boeing yapita ku njira yosiyana komanso yowonjezereka. Zochepa kwambiri zomwe zaperekedwa kupitilira kufotokoza kwa kapangidwe kameneka kukhala “chitsamba chatsopano … chotsuka” komanso chomwe ena mu Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo amachiwona “chochititsa chidwi kwambiri,” mwina kupangitsa kuti izi zitheke kutengera kapangidwe ka Lockheed wamba. Palinso mafakitale Pali zabwino ndi zoyipa zomwe zimaperekedwa popereka mgwirizano wankhondo wa NGAD kwa aliyense wa makontrakitalawa. Pankhani ya Boeing, mgwirizanowu ndi wofunikira kwambiri “kuchokera kumakampani,” ndipo popanda izo, kampaniyo ikhoza kusiya masewera omanga omenyera nkhondo palimodzi, pasanapite nthawi yayitali. Monga Muradian amanenera, “Simukufuna kuyika ndege zanu zonse zankhondo kapena mazira omenyera ndege mumtanga umodzi wa Lockheed Martin.”