Compared with the first reconnaissance plane is present, the aircraft Phantom Eye has advantages beyond the cruising altitude reconnaissance aircraft other. This aircraft can fly up to altitude 19.8 kilometers, slightly higher than the Avenger, made by General Atomics reconnaissance aircraft.AVANGER (GENERAL ATOMIC)
Nuclear physics and defense contractor, General Atomics, his ambitions for the United States will air reconnaissance technology. The company developed the Avenger, unmanned combat vehicle formerly known as Predator C. This stealth aircraft able to fly to a height of 18.2 kilometers with a time range during 20 hours.Combat aircraft that can carry 1.3 tons of weapons also has surveillance capabilities thanks to the wide area surveillance sensor technology, AESA.
This aircraft with stealth capabilities to fend off detection by radar.
SR-71 BLACKBIRD (LOCKHEED SKUNK WORKS)
Black bird spy plane is the mainstay of the United States Air Force. Operating since 1964, SR-71 Blackbird spy on the enemy at supersonic speeds of up to 1998.Aircraft cruising up to 5400 kilometers helpless gets its name from the black body color. This color is an important contributing role to the ability of stealth aircraft because the darker colors tend to absorb more than reflect radar waves back. But the ability to hide from the view of the enemy caused more by the design of the fuselage that has a distinctive brushed off radar arch enemy.
SENTINEL R1 (RAYTHEON & BOMBARDIER)
Combat and reconnaissance aircraft was assigned to large-bodied British Royal Air Force. Initially, the aircraft is known as the Airborne Stand-Off Radar, reflecting the ability to hide from enemy radar.Weight of empty aircraft development of Raytheon and Bombardier is 24 tons and reach 42 tons when filled with cargo. It stretches up to the wing plane and flew 28.5 meters at a speed of 0.75 mach stable. In the air, the Sentinel R1 can last for 9 hours with a cruising range of up to 9.250 kilometers.
RQ-4/MQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK (NORTHROP GRUMMAN)
Allison-engined aircraft Rolls-Royce turbofan AE3007H this speed 800 kilometers per hour with cruise duration of 36 hours. Spy plane is equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) high resolution that can penetrate clouds and sandstorms and the imaging distance electro-optical/infrared (EO / IR).Reconnaissance aircraft that can survey an area of 103 thousand square kilometers in a day. War in Iraq and Afghanistan became a laboratory for the development of this Global Hawk.
PUNA (BPPT)
Indonesia is not behind in developing a surveillance aircraft. Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT) or Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology since two decades ago to develop "Pesawat Udara Nirawak (PUNA)" or Unmanned Aircraft as a supervisory border areas, forests, and sea.
BPPT developed three types of Puna. For a small range, there Puna Sriti, with a maximum takeoff weight of 7.5 kilograms and radius flying range of 10-20 kilometers and can fly for an hour at an altitude of 914 meters. This flying vehicle has a high mobility because it can easily be mangled and was launched with a slingshot. The aircraft is ideally suited to operate in disaster areas.For medium range BPPT developed various variants Puna, like Wulung, Pelatuk, and Gagak. The plane weighs 120 kilograms is capable of flying for four hours to run missions for weather modification and control.
The Puna Alap-alap able to reach longer distances than his brother. Lighter weight, from 25 kilograms to 18 kilograms, is predicted to increase to 10 hours of cruising time thereby increasing the radius of flying range. This broad coverage makes Puna Alap-alap is targeted to assist the monitoring of illegal logging and fishing without permission.*** [ANTON WILLIAM | KORAN TEMPO 3607]
