The Sky-Y is a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) technology demonstrator UAV by Alenia. It is design and developed in-house in-order to gain expertise in this sector. Sky-Y is similar in dimensions with the established Predator A which is already in use by the Italian Air Force.---
It has a new flight control system designed by Alenia, which uses the usual array of sensors (inertia, air-pressure and GPS). It is made entirely from composite materials and the control surfaces use electric actuators. The engine is a diesel of automotive origins that allow it to use JP-8 fuel, a big logistics advantage in operations. It has already conducted 4 test flights and another 11 are scheduled until the end of July.
An advanced mission payload is also integrated as part of the development program. The Sky-Y is equipped with the EOST45 passive Electro-Optical Surveillance and Tracking system, a Wide-Band Data-Link and a satellite data-link. These subsystems are developed from SELEX Gallileo, SELEX Communications and Telespazio, all companies (including Alenia) part of Finmeccanica group.
Sky-Y is one of the three development UAS programs of Alenia. There is also the Sky-X (left in the image below), an experimental UCAV demonstrator and the twin engine, high altitude long endurance Molynx (right in the image below) that is currently in the designing process.
It has a new flight control system designed by Alenia, which uses the usual array of sensors (inertia, air-pressure and GPS). It is made entirely from composite materials and the control surfaces use electric actuators. The engine is a diesel of automotive origins that allow it to use JP-8 fuel, a big logistics advantage in operations. It has already conducted 4 test flights and another 11 are scheduled until the end of July.
An advanced mission payload is also integrated as part of the development program. The Sky-Y is equipped with the EOST45 passive Electro-Optical Surveillance and Tracking system, a Wide-Band Data-Link and a satellite data-link. These subsystems are developed from SELEX Gallileo, SELEX Communications and Telespazio, all companies (including Alenia) part of Finmeccanica group.
Sky-Y is one of the three development UAS programs of Alenia. There is also the Sky-X (left in the image below), an experimental UCAV demonstrator and the twin engine, high altitude long endurance Molynx (right in the image below) that is currently in the designing process.
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