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AWACS off-board system: an American company offers to unload AWACS aircraft from equipment

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The United States currently uses AWACS heavy-duty aircraft equipped with a large crew and a range of equipment and computers for reconnaissance and combat control. The American company Northrop Grumman has proposed a way to do most of the coordination and calculations away from the vulnerable sky.

As stated, significant advances in computing, combined with improvements in space communications, mean that it no longer makes sense to put all the equipment on one plane.

We can use built-in data converters and cloud infrastructures that will help us reduce the size, weight and power consumption of AWACS aircraft, as well as free up space for other opportunities. It can be fuel, weapons and other payload

- the company explained.

Image source: topwar.ru

It is noted that Northrop Grumman has already conducted several demonstration flights, and more are planned for the end of the year. Key tests relate to the use of commercial satellite communications from companies such as SpaceX, One Web and Iridium to collect and transmit data in locations where the enemy uses electronic warfare or other methods of influence.

Testing has confirmed reliable, uninterrupted communication with fast switching between satellite groupings located in different orbits

- the company noted.

The U.S. Air Force is currently trying to find a way to adapt to a future potential air war.

You will be constantly exposed to attacks, both kinetic and non-kinetic. You will be constantly disconnected from your superior staff. And this must be taken into account

Lieutenant General Adrian Spain, Deputy Chief of the Air Force Staff for Operations, said.

In this regard, Northrop Grumman noted that the company's proposed project for unloading AWACS aircraft from equipment and placing it off-board is designed to help in such conditions "increase survivability, targeting, lethality and safety."

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