General Atomics Gambit
| Gambit | |
|---|---|
| Role | Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | General Atomics Aeronautical Systems |
| Status | In development |
The General Atomics Gambit is an unmanned combat aerial vehicle family being developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI). It is intended to be a series of four unmanned aerial systems, or UASs, based around the Gambit Core to conduct forward reconnaissance, air-to-air combat and opposing force operations as aggressor aircraft.[1][2]
Design and development
GA-ASI's Gambit is to be a family of four aircraft, each with a specialized role and different external appearances. All four aircraft share the "Gambit Core", which makes each drone have commonality in their chassis, landing gear, avionics and similar hardware. All models of the Gambit are mid-wing monoplanes, and the majority of them (with the exception of the Gambit 4) feature V-tails. Gambit is projected to use artificial intelligence to help complete missions.[2]
The Gambit line is part of General Atomics' new Evolution Series of UASs, including the General Atomics Sparrowhawk, General Atomics Defender and General Atomics MQ-Next proposal.[3]
Variants
Gambit 1
Gambit 1 will be an unmanned, high-endurance, long range reconnaissance aircraft. It features a pair of long and thin wings, as well as a V-tail and two top-mounted air intakes. The Gambit 1 is to have an ISR package, and serve as a forward reconnaissance aircraft for elements of a strike force.[4]
Gambit 2
Gambit 2 will be an unmanned air dominance aircraft. It will be the only armed variant of the Gambit Series, carrying air-to-air missiles. It will have a lower endurance than the Gambit 1, and designs released by General Atomics show it having shorter, swept wings. It also features two high-mounted air intakes, similar to the Gambit 1.[4]
Gambit 3
Gambit 3 will be an unmanned aggressor aircraft for combat training purposes. It will be used to test and help train air defense responses of the US Military, and will also relieve more advanced aircraft from having to fulfill the advanced adversary role. Illustrations of the aircraft show short wings and no visible intakes on top of the aircraft.[4]
Gambit 4
Gambit 4 will be an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. It will feature a much stealthier design than any other Gambit model, and will also be the only model to lack a tail. Gambit 4 would be a flying wing, similar in shape to drones like the RQ-170 or RQ-180 UAVs. It is to perform reconnaissance and intelligence gathering over contested airspace, leveraging its low-observability design aspects. General Atomics hopes to make this option relatively cheap compared to similar UAVs (such as the aforementioned RQ-170), due to its commonality with other Gambit models.[4]
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel
- Northrop Grumman RQ-180
- Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat
- Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie
- Baykar Bayraktar Kızılelma
Related lists
References
- ↑ "GA-ASI's Gambit Series: The Future of Collaborative Combat Aircraft". General Atomics. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "GA-ASI Introduces Gambit". General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ↑ "GA-ASI Announces Evolution Class of UAS for the Future Fights of Tomorrow". General Atomics. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Helfrich, Emma (22 September 2022). "General Atomics' Gambit Drones To Have Different Airframes With Common 'Cores'". The Drive. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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