
英國SubSea Craft公司發表MARS小型無人水面載具最新模組化酬載系統,可搭載滯空攻擊彈藥、小型魚雷、無人機及聲納浮標等,具備快速轉換任務彈性。
英國SubSea Craft公司公開MARS小型無人水面載具最新模組化酬載系統,可依任務更換滯空攻擊彈藥、魚雷與無人機等裝備,提升遠征作戰彈性。
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英國SubSea Craft公司開發的MARS小型無人水面載具具備最高30節時速與300浬航程,今年5月已證實進入量產。
英國廠商SubSea Craft公司旗下MARS無人艇,可搭載許多種酬載。
外國軍聞網站報導,英國SubSea Craft公司近日公開MARS小型無人水面載具(USV)最新模組化酬載系統,可依不同任務快速更換裝備,未來可搭載滯空攻擊彈藥、小型魚雷、無人機及聲納浮標等,讓同一艘無人艇能在不修改船體的情況下,迅速轉換偵察、反潛或精準打擊任務。
《海軍新聞》(Naval News)報導指出,這套正在申請專利的模組化酬載系統,是針對遠征作戰與高威脅環境設計,僅需2名人員即可在部署期間完成安裝、拆卸與更換,藉此縮短不同酬載整合時間,並加快新型武器、感測器導入速度。
SubSea Craft公司表示,MARS無人艇未來可依任務需求裝上不同酬載,包括滯空攻擊彈藥、微型魚雷、無人飛行載具、聲納浮標及其他專用裝備,相關設計也參考終端使用者回饋,目標是維持操作簡單與快速部署的同時,提高載台因應不同任務的彈性。
值得注意的是,這套系統已成功整合安杜里爾(Anduril)ALTIUS攻擊無人機。SubSea Craft商務長哈金(Tom Harkin)表示,隨著戰場愈來愈重視快速整合新武器與感測器,模組化設計可讓MARS持續擴充任務能力,同時維持核心平台不變。
MARS無人艇的公開性能數據有限,目前已知最高時速約30節(約55公里)、航程約300浬(約556公里);SubSea Craft今年5月證實改良型MARS已進入量產,並將履行既有客戶合約,但採購國、數量及金額仍未曝光。

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