ʻO Airbus a me VDL Group e hoʻomohala i ka pahu kamaʻilio laser airborne

Ua hui pū ʻo Airbus me VDL Group e hoʻomohala a hana i kahi kikowaena kamaʻilio laser no nā mokulele, i kapa ʻia ʻo UltraAir.

Ma muli o ka hoʻomohala i alakaʻi ʻia e Airbus a me ka Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), e hoʻomākaukau nā hui ʻelua i kahi hōʻike o kahi prototype a me kahi hoʻokolohua lele mua ma 2024.

E like me 2024, Airbus a me VDL Group - kahi mea hoʻolako ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe Dutch - e hoʻomohala hou i ka prototype i mea e mākaukau ai no ka hoʻohui ʻana me kahi mokulele hoʻokipa. Lawe mai ʻo VDL i ka hoʻolālā no ka hana ʻana i ka hui ʻana a e hana i nā ʻōnaehana koʻikoʻi. Hoʻolālā ʻia kahi hoʻokolohua lele o kēia prototype ʻenehana i 2025 ma kahi mokulele.

Hiki i ka UltraAir ke hoʻololi i ka nui o ka ʻikepili me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kukuna laser i loko o kahi pūnaewele o nā kahua kahua a me nā satelite i ka orbit geostationary ma 36,000 km ma luna o ka Honua. Me ka ʻenehana like ʻole me kahi ʻōnaehana mechatronic optical paʻa a pololei, e hoʻolalelale kēia pahu laser i ke ala no ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka ʻikepili i hiki ke piʻi i nā gigabits-per-kekona ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i ka anti-jamming a me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka interception.

Ma kēia ala, e ʻae ʻo UltraAir i nā mokulele koa a me nā UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) e hoʻopili i loko o kahi ao kaua multi-domain mahalo i nā constellations satellite e like me Airbus 'SpaceDataHighway. He mea nui kēia ma ka palapala alanui o ka hoʻolālā holoʻokoʻa o Airbus e hoʻokau hou aku i nā kamaʻilio laser, e lawe mai i mua i nā pōmaikaʻi o kēia ʻenehana ma ke ʻano he ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka hui kaua multi-domain no ke aupuni a me nā mea kūʻai pale. I ka wā lōʻihi, hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia ʻo UltraAir ma nā mokulele kalepa e ʻae i nā mea holo mokulele e hoʻokumu i nā pilina ʻikepili kiʻekiʻe.

Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka hopena no ka hele ʻana o ka ʻikepili i ka makahiki quantum, ʻo nā ʻenehana kamaʻilio laser ka mea hou aʻe i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kamaʻilio satellite (satcom). Ke ulu nei ka noi ʻana i ka bandwidth satellite, ke ʻike nei nā ʻāpana radio-frequency satcom kuʻuna i nā bottlenecks. Lawe mai ke kamaʻilio laser i 1,000 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka ʻikepili, 10 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka pūnaewele o kēia manawa. Loaʻa i nā loulou laser ka pōmaikaʻi o ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻopili ʻana a me ka ʻike ʻana, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā alapine lekiō i piha i ka lekiō he paʻakikī loa lākou e keakea ma muli o kahi kukuna haiki. No laila, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā hopena laser, hoʻopau i ka mana liʻiliʻi a hāʻawi i ka palekana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka lekiō.

Ua kākoʻo pū ʻia e Airbus a me VDL Group, kākoʻo pū ʻia ka papahana UltraAir e ka polokalamu ESA ScyLight (Secure and Laser Communication Technology) a me ka papahana "NxtGen Hightech", ma ke ʻano o ka Dutch Growth Fund, alakaʻi ʻia e TNO a me kahi hui nui. hui o nā hui Dutch.