El Ej\u00e9rcito de los EE. UU. inici\u00f3 un programa para proporcionar en corto plazo a sus tropas, un dron port\u00e1til con capacidad antitanque. Este desarrollo es motivado por el aumento del uso de equipos similares en la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania. Los sistemas denominados LASSO (Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance) pueden ser transportados por el soldado individual, emplean un tubo para su lanzamiento y est\u00e1n equipados con una carga \u00fatil letal, capaz de ocasionar severos da\u00f1os en tanques y otros veh\u00edculos blindados.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army kicked off a program to quickly provide soldiers a portable, tank-busting drone, amid ballooning use of similar equipment in the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n
The service\u2019s Program Executive Office Soldier, or\u00a0PEO Soldier<\/a>, this month announced the Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance venture, or LASSO, and a responsibility for lethal unmanned systems, adding that the need for such gear is \u201curgent.\u201d<\/p>\n LASSO systems can be carried by troops, use a tube for launches and are strapped with a lethal payload, according to the office, which specializes in equipment including uniforms, body armor, night-vision devices and guns. The kit also features an electro-optical and infrared sensor, precision flight controls and the ability to track and engage far-off targets, it said.<\/p>\n The one-way, or \u201csuicide\u201d drone is tailored for\u00a0infantry brigade combat teams<\/a>\u00a0and is expected to be in soldiers\u2019 hands in 2024. Feedback and updates will follow.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the Army prepares to engage near peer threats in a conventional conflict, it was evident that our infantry brigade combat teams are in need of additional organic anti-tank capabilities,\u201d Jason Amadi, an office spokesperson, told C4ISRNET July 27. \u201cPEO Soldier\u2019s expertise is supporting the infantry brigade combat teams. No one is better suited to develop and field this capability to IBCT soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n The Army is still finalizing details related to contracts\u00a0with defense industry<\/a>, Amadi said, but the plan is \u201cto focus initial phases of the LASSO program on currently available systems.\u201d<\/p>\n Bomb-laden drones have proven popular in the Russia-Ukraine war, with the clashing militaries attempting to scout, coordinate and attack from deeper and safer distances.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth sides are leaning heavily on FPV-type drones \u2014 light, portable, kamikaze, expendable systems,\u201d\u00a0Samuel Bendett<\/a>, an expert at the Center for Naval Analyses, told C4ISRNET. \u201cThere\u2019s a need, right now, for a large number of FPV-type drones. But there\u2019s also a need to advance that development further out, beyond just the immediate line of contact, to where these drones can strike in the rear.\u201d<\/p>\n The U.S. has promised Kyiv hundreds of AEVEX Aerospace Phoenix Ghost and AeroVironment Switchblade loitering munitions. An aid package announced July 25 also included pocket-sized Black Hornet surveillance drones from Teledyne FLIR.<\/p>\n