DSEI 2023: SpearUAV rolls out drone launcher system for submarines
Products & Services
Shephard Plus Update
Shephard Media
Shephard Plus is updating in June 2018 with rich new capabilities, and is now one of the most cost-effective and valuable aerospace and defence market intell...
Defence Insight
Shephard Media
Some of the things people like you use Defence Insight for:
- Total addressable market sizing ($)
- Competitor analysis
- Cost analysis
- Market forecasting
- Growth identification
- Increasing closing ratio
- Increasing closing order value
- Estimating product potential
- Calculating sales forecasting
- Supply and demand analysis
- Total addressable market sizing ($)
- Competitor analysis
- Cost analysis
- Market forecasting
- Growth identification
- Increasing closing ratio
- Increasing closing order value
- Estimating product potential
- Calculating sales forecasting
- Supply and demand analysis
Military Unmanned Systems Handbook
Shephard Media
The Military Unmanned Systems Handbook (Digital Download) is an international guide to the military UV industry and provides detailed information on air, ground and sea (surface & sub-sea) vehicles as well as subsystems. What's included: Unencrypted 390+ page PDF of equipment and supplier information Market summary
Description
At DSEI 2023 SpearUAV, an Israeli company specialised in the development of UAS, showed the submarine-launched version of its Viper 750 UAV.
Viper is a family of encapsulated UAS that can be used for a range of missions with payloads of 750g to 1kg for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and other tasks.
'All solutions - Viper 40 (small), Viper 300 (medium) and Viper 750 (large) - are encapsulated in a ruggedised capsule that enables the operator to deploy a UAS at the push of a button,' Itamar Ben-Tovim, chief business development officer at SpearUAV, told Shephard.
Related Articles
More Black Hornet UAVs bound for Ukraine as part of Norway order
UMS Skeldar and Ultra Maritime unveil anti-submarine warfare solution at DSEI 2023
US Army seeks innovative new battlefield roles for drones
Understanding that submarines are limited by line of sight (LOS) when they are at periscope depth, SpearUAV has opted to develop a new capsule for the Viper 750 in order to allow a launch from an SSK. 'We have designed the capsule to be launched from a four-inch signal ejector, the standard size for most submarines and underwater platforms,' Ben-Tovim explained.
The capsule is launched from the signal ejector, reaches the surface and subsequently releases the UAS. Depending on the CONOPS, the UAS can be released immediately if the submarine wishes to communicate with other platforms for a full situational awareness picture, or can be programmed to be released much later, once the submarine has left the area.
'The capsule has been designed to sink once the UAS has been released,' Ben-Tovim added. As for the Viper it can either sink as well once it has finished its mission or it can land on other platforms for recovery. 'It is really up to customers' requirements and CONOPS,' Ben-Tovim confirmed.
The UAS has been designed to carry encrypted communication, using thepoint-to-multipoint method. It features an AI algorithm and systems that facilitate target detection and identification, reducing the operator's cognitive load, and is can beintegrated in a battle management system usingopen architecture.
Shephard's DSEI 2023 coverage is sponsored by:
Viper is a family of encapsulated UAS that can be used for a range of missions with payloads of 750g to 1kg for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and other tasks.
'All solutions - Viper 40 (small), Viper 300 (medium) and Viper 750 (large) - are encapsulated in a ruggedised capsule that enables the operator to deploy a UAS at the push of a button,' Itamar Ben-Tovim, chief business development officer at SpearUAV, told Shephard.
Related Articles
More Black Hornet UAVs bound for Ukraine as part of Norway order
UMS Skeldar and Ultra Maritime unveil anti-submarine warfare solution at DSEI 2023
US Army seeks innovative new battlefield roles for drones
Understanding that submarines are limited by line of sight (LOS) when they are at periscope depth, SpearUAV has opted to develop a new capsule for the Viper 750 in order to allow a launch from an SSK. 'We have designed the capsule to be launched from a four-inch signal ejector, the standard size for most submarines and underwater platforms,' Ben-Tovim explained.
The capsule is launched from the signal ejector, reaches the surface and subsequently releases the UAS. Depending on the CONOPS, the UAS can be released immediately if the submarine wishes to communicate with other platforms for a full situational awareness picture, or can be programmed to be released much later, once the submarine has left the area.
'The capsule has been designed to sink once the UAS has been released,' Ben-Tovim added. As for the Viper it can either sink as well once it has finished its mission or it can land on other platforms for recovery. 'It is really up to customers' requirements and CONOPS,' Ben-Tovim confirmed.
The UAS has been designed to carry encrypted communication, using thepoint-to-multipoint method. It features an AI algorithm and systems that facilitate target detection and identification, reducing the operator's cognitive load, and is can beintegrated in a battle management system usingopen architecture.
Shephard's DSEI 2023 coverage is sponsored by:
