Se present\u00f3 el nuevo sistema anti-drones\u00a0MORFIUS-X Rotor, desarrollado por la empresa Lockheed Martin. A diferencia de los interceptores de UAS tradicionales que se destruyen en la misi\u00f3n, este dron est\u00e1 dise\u00f1ado para ser reutilizable y recuperarlo luego del uso. Su principal ventaja, es que est\u00e1 equipado con un arma microondas de alta potencia (HPM), que emite potentes descargas para inactivan la electr\u00f3nica de los drones enemigos. Gracias a este sistema, un solo MORFIUS puede neutralizar m\u00e1s de 50 drones en una misma misi\u00f3n. Cuenta con una configuraci\u00f3n X-Rotor de alas cruzadas que le permite despegar y aterrizar de manera vertical (VTOL). Para ubicar sus objetivos, utiliza algoritmos propietarios combinados con un sensor activo de radiofrecuencia integrado a la plataforma. El sistema busca ofrecer una alternativa de bajo costo por derribo, en comparaci\u00f3n con el uso de misiles tradicionales. El objetivo es poder desplegarlos en forma masiva para la protecci\u00f3n de infraestructuras cr\u00edticas y activos estrat\u00e9gicos.<\/p>\n
The ability to counter individual drones and complex swarms is becoming increasingly critical on the battlefield of today and will be even more so on those of the future. In response to such threats, Lockheed Martin recently unveiled<\/a>\u00a0the MORFIUS X-Rotor.\u00a0TWZ\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Jamie Hunter spoke with Jason Reynolds, Lockheed Martin\u2019s Vice President of Integrated Air & Missile Defense, at the\u00a0Space and Missile Defense Symposium<\/a>\u00a0in Huntsville, Alabama, about MORFIUS in detail.<\/p>\n This counter-UAS system features a\u00a0High Power Microwave (HPM) payload<\/a>\u00a0that can reportedly neutralize more than 50 adversary drones during a single sortie. The\u00a0cross-wing<\/a>\u00a0configuration allows MORFIUS to take off and land vertically, and it is designed specifically for field recovery and rapid reuse. After launch, the drone uses proprietary algorithms to hunt and kill enemy drones using an active radio-frequency seeker onboard. The big advantage is that MORFIUS X-Rotor can kill a lot of drones and be reused to kill more over and over. Many interceptor drones in use today are self sacrificing in order to do their job.<\/p>\n Lockheed Martin says it has completed live-fire testing and is accelerating production to meet demand.<\/p>\n \u201cCounter-UAS is a hot topic around the world. We took MORFIUS to the Farnborough Airshow; every single person was interested in understanding the technology, the availability, the production rates. This system is going to be proliferated because we need to basically protect against drones that are single or swarming and protect our critical assets, critical sites, and defend what matters most,\u201d Reynolds told us.<\/p>\n Watch the video below and subscribe to our channel on YouTube\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n