대만, MQ-9B 시 가디언 4기 구입

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8월 31일자 정보에 의하면 대만이 MQ-9B 시 가디언 4기를 구입할 예정이라고 합니다. 

시 가디언은 미해군 BAMS(Broad Area Maritime Surveillance) 프로그램 후보기였던 매리너의 뒤를 이은 해상형 리퍼로 체공시간은 18 시간 이며, 반경 1,200해리 범위를 8시간 동안 초계할 수 있다고 합니다. 동체 중앙부 포드에 시스프레이 7500E V2 AESA 레이더가 탑재돼 있어 함정과 잠망경, 사람 등의 식별이 가능합니다.

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/september/12142-taiwan-to-purchase-four-seaguardian-mq-9b-uav-from-us.html 

Taiwan to purchase four SeaGuardian MQ-9B UAV from USNaval News September 2022 Navy Forces Maritime Defense IndustryPOSTED ON THURSDAY, 01 SEPTEMBER 2022 13:30

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According to information published by Wang Dingyu on August 31, 2022, after intensive discussions between the two sides, the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense signed a contract for the acquisition of four SeaGuardian MQ-9B UAVs.
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Artist rendering of the SeaGuardian MQ-9B Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Picture source: General Atomics)

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The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF). The MQ-9 and other UAVs are referred to as Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft (RPV/RPA) by the USAF to indicate their human ground controllers.

The MQ-9 is a larger, heavier, and more capable aircraft than the earlier General Atomics MQ-1 Predator; it can be controlled by the same ground systems used to control MQ-1s.

A navalized Reaper, named Mariner, was proposed for the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program. It had an increased fuel capacity for endurance of up to 49 hours.

Variations included one for aircraft carrier operations with folding wings for storage, shortened, reinforced landing gear, an arresting hook, cut-down or eliminated ventral flight surfaces, and six stores pylons for a total load of 3,000 pounds (1,360 kilograms). The Northrop Grumman RQ-4N was selected as the BAMS winner.

General Atomics continued with the Naval Reaper concept, turning it into the SeaGuardian. It has an endurance of more than 18 hours and can mount an eight-hour patrol at a radius of 1,200 nmi (1,400 mi; 2,200 km).

A key part of its mission set is the Leonardo Seaspray 7500E V2 AESA radar mounted as a centerline pod with inverse synthetic aperture radar that can spot surface targets including ships, submarine periscopes, and people during search and rescue operations.

https://electronics.leonardo.com/en/products/seaspray-7500e

https://electronics.leonardo.com/documents/16277707/18422005/Seaspray_7500E_LQ_mm07777.pdf?t=1603180463981

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