![]() ![]() ![]() The Air Force has publicly said very little about the OBSS program, except that it expects the system to be attritable - that is, inexpensive enough that its loss can be tolerated in combat and that it would have a “limited life in terms of years, not decades, with no depot maintenance and limited field maintenance consideration,” according to an AFRL statement of objectives for the program.ĭuring an interview with Breaking Defense at Dubai Airshow last November, General Atomics president David Alexander said that the company’s OBSS platform would look significantly different from its current line up of unmanned systems, which include platforms like the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle. The company is going head to head against Kratos, which won its own $17.7 million contract at the time. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded General Atomics a $17.8 million contract last fall to develop a prototype OBSS aircraft. Under the OBSS program, the Air Force is hoping to field an unmanned aircraft with high levels of autonomy and an exquisite sensor suite, that can fly beyond the line of sight of fourth and fifth generation fighter jets and send them targeting data and other information about potential threats. General Atomics’ “Gambit” drone, its entrant for the Air Force’s Off-Board Sensing Station program.
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