Ladies & Gentlemen: Name that Drone/R/C Aircraft

Zipper730 · Jul 11, 2018

I'm not sure if this should be under this forum, off-topic or Rise of the Drones, but it seems like an interesting thread.

To start off with, here's a design that I saw sometime ago on an image-search, and while I saved the image, I have no idea what the aircraft is.

GregP · Jul 11, 2018

It's an LEWK drone developed by SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation), but past the prototype stage because the landing gear is missing and the prop and engine have changed. LEWK is "Loitering Electronic Warfare Killer."

Zipper730 · Jul 11, 2018

GregP said:
It's an LEWK drone developed by SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation)

Loitering Electronic-Warfare Killer: So it's an automated jammer/attack drone?

Strange afterbody: It looks like it's got every drag producing feature known...

Wurger · Jul 12, 2018

GregP · Jul 12, 2018

Actually I believe it zeros in on the locations of sources of emissions of interest, and pinpoints the grid location of said emissions, to be transmitted to the air-to-ground missiles or attack drones as target locations.

Also, I don't see the sources of drag you speak of. This is definitely a 300 mph or under drone (likely loiters at 100 mph or less), and seems quite slick to me. I see the shackles and the screws, neither of which are sources of high drag at likely mission speeds. The air intake for the engine is required, and turning it into a NACA duct would be a pointless expense that would gain but little for the money. The prototype's landing gear is already gone.

Zipper730 · Jul 12, 2018

GregP said:
Actually I believe it zeros in on the locations of sources of emissions of interest, and pinpoints the grid location of said emissions, to be transmitted to the air-to-ground missiles or attack drones as target locations.

Oh...

Also, I don't see the sources of drag you speak of. This is definitely a 300 mph or under drone (likely loiters at 100 mph or less), and seems quite slick to me.

The afterbody seems rather flat, that's all. I'd have figured a decent tailcone would have been in order, that's all.

The air intake for the engine is required

I figured it was an intake/radiator combination: The exhaust pipes look very much like a piston engine.

Zipper730 · Jul 25, 2018

All members feel free to post any unidentified UAV designs here

Ladies & Gentlemen: Name that Drone/R/C Aircraft

More options

Zipper730

Chief Master Sergeant

GregP

Major

Zipper730

Chief Master Sergeant

Wurger

Siggy Master

GregP

Major

Zipper730

Chief Master Sergeant

Zipper730

Chief Master Sergeant

Users who are viewing this thread

Similar threads