原文來源： USNI news 原文摘要： Marine Corps Experimental ‘Loyal Wingman’ Drone Makes First Flight The Marine Corps conducted its first test flight of the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Monday. The flight, conducted with support from the Air Force and Navy, is the latest Marine Corps test done as the service continues its shift towards new concepts set forward by former Commandant Gen. David Berger under Force Design 2030. A s part of the service-wide plans, the service is to conduct Expeditionary Adva nced Basing Operations over long distances against near-peer opponent. tionary and lethal capabilities in support of both the Marine Corps’ stand-in force operations in austere environments and the Joint Force,” said Lt. Col. Donald Kelly, from Headquarters Marine Corps Aviation Cunningham Group and Ad vanced Development Team, in a Marine Corps press release on the test. Valkyrie performed six test flights, which evaluated the UAV’s ability to con duct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), electronic support t o manned platforms, the potential of using artificial intelligence-enabled pla tforms to assist combat air patrols and broader manned-unmanned teaming capabi lities. While the flight tests gathered information that would help inform future requ irements, they also demonstrated the “continued joint innovation and experime ntation opportunities” and “the agility that can be achieved through partner ship,” said Scott Bey, a prototyping and experimentation portfolio manager at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. The Valkyrie is mostly associated with the Air Force’s Loyal Wingman program, but the Marine Corps has taken a keen interest in a variety of systems under the service’s expansive experimentation efforts under Force Design 2030. Krat os’ drone can operate without a runway out to a range of about 3,000 nautical miles with a payload of sensors or weaponry. The service ordered two Valkyries last December and received them this spring for testing under the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve program, which all ows the services to test concepts with systems already in use in other arenas with an emphasis on the needs of Indo-Pacific Command. The two drones are mean t for testing purposes via the Marine Corps Penetrating Affordable Autonomous Collaborative Killer – Portfolio (PAACK-P) program, which seeks to inform req uirements for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Unmanned Aerial System Expediti onary (MUX) Tactical Aircraft (TACAIR). In January, the Navy also ordered two Valkyries for its own experimentation pu rposes, similar to those of the Marine Corps, with “sensor and weapon system payloads to accomplish the penetrating affordable autonomous collaborative kil ler,” USNI News previously reported. The XQ-58A Valkyrie is one of several unmanned aerial systems being explored o r invested in by the service. In August, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadr on 3 (VMU 3) achieved initial operating capability with the Marine Corps’ new MQ-9A Reaper UAV. Marines have also been seen using V-BAT and the TRV-50 Tact ical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System during exercises in the Western Pacific . https://news.usni.org/2023/10/05/marine-corps-experimental-loyal-wingman-drone -makes-first-flight 海陸仔完成XQ-58a試飛評估偵查、支援 海陸仔覺得XQ-58a很蘇胡，很便宜很自動（無人），可以滿足海陸需求，會繼續探索打東 東的潛力。 不用跑道，3000海浬，還可以載一籃武器。 海軍也有對XQ-58a在搞便宜又大碗又可以打東東的測試。 心得感想： 四等人也完成測試惹， 看起來真的超級香香der， 航程3000海浬，還可以不用跑道， 可以載JDAM看掛載負重也足夠掛AIM-120， 造價目前才3M鎂， 佛心戰機╰(⊙Д⊙)╮佛心戰機╭(⊙Д⊙)╯佛心戰機， 他馬der給我1000架訂起來！！！ 注意事項：請注意版規內容。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 114.45.47.80 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Military/M.1696764592.A.335.html 沒4 看到性價比這麼高就直接原地高潮惹 ※ 編輯: adagiox (114.45.47.80 臺灣), 10/08/2023 19:32:16 推 Chricey: 樓上UC2當糖吃，天天走拿飛 10/08 19:39※ 編輯: adagiox (114.45.47.80 臺灣), 10/08/2023 19:48:37 推 Kroner : 我阿嬤說吃豬腳補關節，豬腳吃起來 10/08 23:16