I-Lockheed Martin AC-130J Ghostrider - Indiza Entsha Yokusekela Emoyeni Yase-US Air Force

I-Lockheed Martin AC-130J Ghost Rider

Ngo-2022, i-US Air Force Special Operations Command ihlela ukwethula izindiza zokulwa ezisekela emoyeni ezintsha ezingama-37, eziqoke i-AC-130J Ghostrider. Ngokungafani namamodeli angaphambilini, azophatha izikhali zendiza eziqondisiwe njengamabhomu azulazulayo kanye nemicibisholo ecitshwayo esuka emoyeni iye emhlabathini. Uhlelo lokuvelela luhlanganisa ukubahlomisa ngezikhali ze-laser kanye nama-drones alahlwayo okuhlola.

Ngo-2010, i-United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) yayihlome ngezibhamu eziyisishiyagalombili ze-AC-130H Specter kanye nezibhamu eziyi-17 AC-130U Spooky II. Icebo labe seliwukuthenga inkundla entsha ezogcina ithathele indawo yomibili i-AC-130H egugile futhi ekugcineni i-AC-130U encane. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-United States Air Force (USAF), kanye namabutho aphansi, babamba iqhaza ohlelweni oluhlangene lokuthenga indiza yokuthutha i-Alenia C-27J Spartan (JCA - Joint Cargo Aircraft). I-AFSOC ibincike ekwakheni uhlobo olushibhile lomkhumbi wezempi olubizwa nge-AC-27J Stinger II endaweni yawo. Ekugcineni, nokho, ngokuhoxiswa kwe-US Air Force ohlelweni lwe-JCA, umqondo wokuthenga imikhumbi yempi emincane yezinjini ezimbili nawo wehlulekile.

Njengesixazululo sesikhashana, kwabe sekuthathwa isinqumo sokujwayela izindiza zokuthutha ezinezinjongo ezikhethekile eziyi-14 zohlobo lwe-MC-130W Combat Spear ukuze zisetshenziswe njengemikhumbi yempi. I-AFSOC isebenzise ulwazi lwe-Marine Corps (USMC) ekusebenziseni uhlelo lwe-HARVEST Hawk. Njengengxenye yakho, i-Marine Corps ithuthukise iphakheji ye-modular, ngenxa yokuthi indiza yethangi ye-KC-130J ingashintshwa ukuze yenze umsebenzi wokusekela emoyeni ngesikhathi esifushane.

I-MC-130W ifakwe nalokho okubizwa nge-Precision Strike Package (PSP). Iphakethe le-PSP liqukethe inganono yembobo eyodwa ye-ATK GAU-23/A 30mm (inguqulo ethuthukisiwe ye-ATK Mk 44 Bushmaster II cannon), amapylons amabili angaphansi, i-Gunslinger system (isiqalisi esinemigqomo eyishumi esibekwe kurempu yangemuva yokulayisha. aircraft) ifakwe ngaphansi kwegiya lokuhlala legumbi elingakwesokunxele lesistimu yokuqondisa ye-infrared

I-AN/AAQ-38 FLIR kanye ne-BMS (Uhlelo Lokuphathwa Kwempi). Isiqalisi se-Gunslinger sikuvumela ukuthi uphathe izikhali ezinembayo, ezivame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-SOPGM (Izikhali Eziqondiswe Ngokuqondile Eziqondile), okungukuthi, imicibisholo ye-AGM-175 Griffin kanye namabhomu e-GBU-44 / B Viper Strike. Emaphinifa angaphansi, i-MC-130W ingaphatha imicibisholo eyisishiyagalombili eqondiswa i-AGM-114 Hallfire kanye/noma amabhomu anembile ayisishiyagalombili e-GBU-39 SDB. I-AC-130W iphinde yashintshwa ukuze isebenze ne-JHMCS II (Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System) isistimu yokuhlotshaniswa nesigqoko sokuzivikela. I-MC-130W Combat Spear efakwe iphasela le-PSP ekuqaleni yayibizwa nge-AC-130W Dragon Spear, nokho yaqanjwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi i-Stinger II ngoMeyi 2012.

Okokugcina kwama-AC-130Ws ayishumi nane atholwe yi-AFSOC ngoSepthemba 2013. Ukugunyazwa kwendiza ye-AC-130W kwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuhoxisa kancane kancane endala

I-AS-130N (eyokugcina ihoxiswe ngoMeyi 2015) kanye nokugcwaliswa kwemikhumbi ye-AS-130U. Kodwa-ke, isinqumo ebesihlosiwe bekuwukuthenga inkundla entsha ngokuphelele ezongena esikhundleni se-AC-130U kanye "nesikhashana" i-AC-130W.

I-Ghost rider

Izindiza ezinophephela emhlane zakamuva zakhiwe ngesisekelo se-Hercules entsha yemisebenzi ekhethekile MC-130J Commando II. Lezi zindiza ziqale ukusebenza ngoSepthemba 2011. Inkontileka ka-$2,4 billion esayinwe no-Lockheed Martin ihlinzekela ukuthengwa kwe-32 MC-130Js, ezoqokwa njenge-AC-130Js uma iguqulwa ibe izindima zemikhumbi yempi. Ekugcineni, indawo yokuthenga yanda yaba izingcezu ezingu-37. Ukuguqulwa kwe-MC-130J kuya ku-AC-130J okujwayelekile kwenziwa e-Eglin Air Force Base e-Florida.

NgoMeyi 2012, umkhumbi wempi omusha wathola igama elisemthethweni elithi Ghostrider. I-Preliminary Design Review (PDR) yohlelo lwe-AC-103J yaqedwa ngoMashi 2103. Indiza iphumelele Ukubuyekezwa Kokulungela Kokusebenza (i-OTRR) kanye Nokubuyekezwa Kwedizayini Ebucayi Yokugcina (CRT) ngenyanga elandelayo. I-AC-130J yokuqala yasuka zingama-31 kuMasingana wezi-2014.

I-Ghostrider ingu-29,8 m ubude, 11,8 m ukuphakama futhi inamaphiko angama-40,4 m. Isisindo esikhulu sokusuka

I-AC-130J inesisindo esingu-74 kg. Indiza ixhaswe yizinjini ezine zeRolls-Royce AE 390 D2100 turboprop ezikhiqiza u-3 kW iyinye. Izinjini zihlome ngophephela beDowty abanama-blad ayisithupha. Isivinini Cruising - 3458 km / h, kuyilapho uhla indiza (ngaphandle refueling emoyeni) - 660 km. I-Ghostrider ingakwazi ukufaka uphethiloli emoyeni ngenxa yesistimu yokugcwalisa i-boom eqinile ye-UARRSI (Ubiversal Aerial Receptacle Slipway Installation). Indiza ifakwe amajeneretha kagesi anamandla angama-5500/48 kW, ahlinzeka ngensalela yamanje eqondile, okwenza kube nokwenzeka ukwenza isimanjemanje nokuguqulwa kwendiza esikhathini esizayo.