[infowar.de] Humans Out of the Attack Equation: Autonomous Robot 'Bat' Would Find Be Released from Unmanned Drone and Locate Its Own Targets

[Georg Schoefbaenker <schoefbaenker -! - aon - at>]

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UAV NEWS
UAV Hunter Test BAT Submunition

This version of Bat, currently in production at Northrop Grumman's Land 
Combat Systems facility in Huntsville, is an autonomous munition that uses 
a combination of passive acoustic and IR sensors to seek, identify and 
destroy moving armored targets deep in enemy territory.

Huntsville - Oct 09, 2002

The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation conducted simulated drop 
tests Sept. 23 that successfully demonstrated the feasibility of releasing 
a Bat submunition from a Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Co-sponsored by the Army's Precision Fires Rocket and Missile Systems and 
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Project Office, the drops were performed at 
Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

They pave the way for an October test series at White Sands Missile Range, 
N.M., that will demonstrate engagement of large moving targets by Bats 
released from a Hunter.

Collectively, these initial rounds of tests represent the first of two 
planned demonstration phases. Phase 1 is intended to demonstrate 
operational capability of the baseline Bat from Hunter.

This version of Bat, currently in production at Northrop Grumman's Land 
Combat Systems facility in Huntsville, is an autonomous munition that uses 
a combination of passive acoustic and IR sensors to seek, identify and 
destroy moving armored targets deep in enemy territory.

During Phase 2, a global positioning system will be integrated with the 
Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) Bat, which will then undergo 
qualification testing for deployment from the Hunter.

The P3I Bat, a planned block upgrade, adds advanced millimeter-wave radar 
and improved imaging IR sensors, providing a co-boresighted, dual-mode 
RF/IR seeker that works with the baseline acoustic sensors.

"By integrating the P3I Bat and Hunter systems, the Army will acquire the 
capability to locate, attack and destroy time-critical mobile and 
relocateable targets such as transporter erector missile launchers and 
mobile rocket launchers," said Emmitt Gibson, vice president of Precision 
Munitions at Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector.



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