美軍為無人機(jī)加裝網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)備 劍指無人機(jī)計(jì)劃
2014-04-11 15:06 來源:新華國際 說兩句 分享到:

據(jù)美國科技博客Gizmodo報(bào)道,F(xiàn)acebook的無人機(jī)無線網(wǎng)絡(luò)已經(jīng)不是什么新鮮的概念了,現(xiàn)在美軍計(jì)劃建立自己的無人機(jī)WiFi網(wǎng)絡(luò)。從伊拉克戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上退役下來的無人機(jī)可以從倉庫里拿出來,用于美國國防先進(jìn)研究項(xiàng)目局(DARPA)的“移動(dòng)熱點(diǎn)”計(jì)劃了。
在偏遠(yuǎn)而又需要通訊的地方,有自己的WiFi無人機(jī)在天上飛來飛去很不一樣。DARPA已經(jīng)改造過的RA-7無人機(jī)比起殺人無數(shù)的捕食者無人機(jī)要小巧許多。實(shí)際上,這款無人機(jī)只有3.4米長、84公斤重,因此還不能搭載太重的網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)備!皯(zhàn)爭很無聊”網(wǎng)站解釋說:
竅門是把網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)備裝在無人機(jī)的上部。DARPA研究人員說他們開發(fā)了一種毫米波頻段(這是很高的頻段)的小型天線,以及特殊的放大器來增強(qiáng)信號(hào),而運(yùn)行時(shí)的噪音只有常規(guī)放大器的一半。
集成了所有元件的設(shè)備重量約為9公斤,無人機(jī)則可以一次飛行9個(gè)小時(shí),F(xiàn)在就輪到DARPA去組裝設(shè)備,并且確保發(fā)射WiFi的無人機(jī)可以在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上良好運(yùn)行了。未來,所有無人機(jī)武器可能都會(huì)配備WiFi設(shè)備。
譯者:林杉
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The Military Wants to Turn Its Drones into Flying Wi-Fi Hotspots
Not to be outdone by Facebook's vision of a drone internet, the military is whipping up unmanned aerial Wi-Fi hotspots of its own. Unused drones from the war in Iraq are getting a second life as part of DARPA's Mobile Hotspots program.
In remote areas where communication is critical, having your very own Wi-Fi drone circling overhead makes a big difference. The RA-7 Shadow drones DARPA has been retrofitting are much smaller than the deadlier and more infamous Predator drones. In fact, at just 11 feet long and 185 pounds, you have to be careful not to overload them with heavy internet equipment. War is Boring explains the details:
The trick, of course, is to fit the wireless equipment on the drone. DARPA researchers say they have developed small antennas operating on the millimeter wave band—that's extremely high frequency—as well as special amplifiers that can boost the signal while generating just half as much noise as regular amplifiers.
The pod with all this equipment comes out to about 20 pounds, and the drone itself can fly for nine hours at a time. Now it's up to DARPA to put it all together and make sure a Wi-Fi equipped drone actually works for troops on the ground. In the future, even drone armies could be Wi-Fi equipped. [War is Boring]
編輯:王永珍
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