美軍為無(wú)人機(jī)加裝網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)備 劍指無(wú)人機(jī)計(jì)劃
2014-04-11 15:06 來(lái)源:新華國(guó)際 說(shuō)兩句 分享到:

據(jù)美國(guó)科技博客Gizmodo報(bào)道,F(xiàn)acebook的無(wú)人機(jī)無(wú)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(wú)人機(jī)WiFi網(wǎng)絡(luò)。從伊拉克戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上退役下來(lái)的無(wú)人機(jī)可以從倉(cāng)庫(kù)里拿出來(lái),用于美國(guó)國(guó)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(wú)人機(jī)在天上飛來(lái)飛去很不一樣。DARPA已經(jīng)改造過(guò)的RA-7無(wú)人機(jī)比起殺人無(wú)數(shù)的捕食者無(wú)人機(jī)要小巧許多。實(shí)際上,這款無(wú)人機(jī)只有3.4米長(zhǎng)、84公斤重,因此還不能搭載太重的網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)備!皯(zhàn)爭(zhēng)很無(wú)聊”網(wǎng)站解釋說(shuō):
竅門(mén)是把網(wǎng)絡(luò)設(shè)備裝在無(wú)人機(jī)的上部。DARPA研究人員說(shuō)他們開(kāi)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(lái)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(wú)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(wú)人機(jī)可以在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上良好運(yùn)行了。未來(lái),所有無(wú)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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