Low Cost Autonomous Attack System
| Low Cost Autonomous Attack System | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Type | Cruise missile / drone |
| Local name | LOCAAS |
| Country of origin |
 United States
|
| Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin |
| Commissioning | Development stopped |
| Unit price | 30,000 US dollars |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 91.4 cm |
| Combat weight | 45.36 kg |
| span | 1.18 m |
| drive | TDI-J45G - Turbojet with 133 N thrust |
| speed | 370 km / h |
| Range | 185 km |
| Furnishing | |
| steering | GPS / INS |
| Target location | LIDAR |
| Warhead | 7.7 kg multi-mode warhead |
| Weapon platforms | Planes |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Low Cost Autonomous Attack System ( Low Cost , "Cheap" and Autonomous Attack System , "Independent Attack System ", LOCAAS for short ) is a drone system developed by the US Air Force from 1998 to combat armored and unarmored vehicles. The development program was discontinued in the late 2000s.
By early 2009, the program cost approximately US $ 150 million with a unit cost of US $ 30,000 based on production of 12,000 drones.
After the drones have been dropped from a platform, they are guided to their target area by a satellite-based navigation system such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) or by means of an inertial navigation system (INS), where they are placed on hold ( Loitering Weapon ). A laser radar marks the targets, estimates their distance and recognizes their 3D geometry. LOCAAS then selects the target with the highest priority and the weapon with the greatest efficiency.
Because of its deadly effect, this type of drone is also known colloquially as the "killer bee". The comparison to the bee is also due to the common movement in the swarm, because the drones are controlled by an algorithm based on the boids model by Craig Reynolds .
Individual evidence
- ^ Low Cost Autonomous Attack System - Global Security
- ↑ LOCAAS. In: deagel.com. Deagel, December 8, 2006, accessed November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Powered Low-Cost Autonomous Attack System - US Air Force Research Laboratory ( Memento of October 18, 2006 in the Internet Archive )