{"id":12897,"date":"2023-08-11T16:36:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=12897"},"modified":"2023-08-11T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:36:17","slug":"drones-marinos-usv-como-escolta-de-buques-de-la-us-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=12897","title":{"rendered":"Drones marinos (USV) como escolta de buques de la US Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Se ha podido observar recientemente en el Estrecho de Ormuz, un USV (Unmanned Sea Vessel) formando parte de la escolta de buques de la US Navy, durante el tr\u00e1nsito por ese importante, congestionado y riesgoso paso marino. Durante a\u00f1os, la citada fuerza ha utilizado esa regi\u00f3n para evaluar diferentes tipos de plataformas aut\u00f3nomas, en situaciones operativas reales y misiones complejas. El USV observado en este caso, es el Arabian Fox de la empresa L3 Harris. Su peque\u00f1o tama\u00f1o, velocidad de 40 nudos y multiplicidad de sensores para realizar vigilancia y reconocimiento, lo hacen especialmente apto para detectar y participar en la neutralizaci\u00f3n de amenazas, como minas marinas y el ataque de otros USV con cargas explosivas.<\/p>\n

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A semi-autonomous drone boat recently helped escort a number of U.S. naval vessels during a recent high-profile transit through the volatile Strait of Hormuz<\/a>\u00a0linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n

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The group of ships that were part of the transit included the U.S. Navy’s\u00a0Arleigh Burke<\/em>\u00a0class destroyer USS\u00a0Thomas Hudner<\/em>\u00a0carrying senior commanders. For years now, the service has been using this particular region as a place to test and evaluate\u00a0new uncrewed platforms through real-world missions<\/a>, such as keeping watch on Iranian forces and helping to guard high-value friendly assets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Navy\u00a0released the picture<\/a>, seen at the top of this story, of\u00a0the L3Harris Arabian Fox<\/a>\u00a0uncrewed surface vessel (USV) out in front of the other ships in the group as they passed westward through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on August 6 earlier today. Beyond USS\u00a0Thomas Hudner<\/em>, the Navy’s\u00a0Lewis and Clark<\/em>\u00a0class cargo ship USNS\u00a0Amelia Earhart<\/em>\u00a0and the U.S. Coast Guard’s\u00a0Sentinel<\/em>\u00a0class cutter USCGC\u00a0Charles Moulthrope<\/em>\u00a0are also seen in the image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)\u00a0had announced yesterday<\/a>\u00a0that its commander, U.S. Army Gen. Michael Kurilla, as well as Navy\u00a0Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, had joined the\u00a0Thomas Hudner<\/em>\u00a0as it made the transit. Cooper is head of Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and U.S. Fifth Fleet. This is not the first time Kurilla and Cooper have done something like this. The two officers visited the\u00a0Ohio<\/em>\u00a0class nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS\u00a0West Virginia<\/em>\u00a0somewhere in the Arabian Sea last year, which\u00a0was a highly unusual disclosure<\/a>\u00a0of that boat’s presence in the region at all.<\/p>\n

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CENTCOM commander Army Gen. Kurilla, second from the right, and U.S. Fifth Fleet\/Naval Forces Central Command commander Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, second from the left, during their visit to USS West Virginia in 2022. CENTCOM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Very similar to the Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed\u00a013 (MAST-13)\u00a0that L3Harris built<\/a>\u00a0for the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in the United Kingdom, Arabian Fox is a 13-foot-long USV\u00a0reportedly capable<\/a>\u00a0of reaching speeds up to 40 knots and having a maximum at-sea endurance of 36 hours. It is equipped with an\u00a0MX-10MS<\/a>\u00a0sensor turret with electro-optical and infrared full-motion video cameras, as well as robust communication and artificial intelligence (AI) enabled control suites.<\/p>\n