The American company Swarm Aero has unveiled Gamera, a new, large Group 5 UAV designed for ultra-long-range strike missions, capable of carrying heavy munitions such as the JASSM-ER and LRASM. The aircraft was revealed on September 14 at the Air, Space & Cyber \u200b\u200bConference and is being proposed for the USAF\u2019s Massed Modular Aircraft (MMA) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is worth noting that Group 5 represents the highest category in the US Department of Defense’s official classification for unmanned aerial vehicles: these aircraft exceed 600 kg in weight and 18,000 feet in operating altitude, possess extended endurance and global or strategic range, and require specialized runways and ground control stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Named after the famous giant monster (kaiju<\/em>) from Japanese cinema, Gamera features a wingspan of approximately 22 meters, a range exceeding 9,000 nautical miles (16,700 km) without refueling, and a payload capacity of over 1,270 kg distributed across seven hardpoints. It can carry air-to-ground and air-to-air weapons, as well as sensors, electronic warfare systems, or communications equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Swarm Aero describes it as the first UAS designed from the ground up to carry “bomber-class” weapons, such as the AGM-158B JASSM-ER and AGM-158C LRASM. Furthermore\u2014and most importantly\u2014its design philosophy is not based on stealth doctrine, but rather on long range and the use of stand-off weapons, enabling it to engage targets without penetrating deep into hostile air defenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gamera is designed for mass production and collaborative operations; utilizing the “Legion” autonomy system, a single operator will be able to control multiple aircraft acting as a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Particular emphasis is placed on cost. The company targets a price of approximately $10 million per aircraft\u2014or lower with large-scale production\u2014aiming for a significantly lower cost per mission compared to current large UAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gamera is specifically tailored to the requirements of the Indo-Pacific region, where vast distances and the vulnerability of forward bases necessitate long-range aircraft capable of being deployed in large numbers. According to the company, the prototype could fly in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The American company Swarm Aero has unveiled Gamera, a new, large Group 5 UAV designed for ultra-long-range strike missions, capable of carrying heavy munitions…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1808],"tags":[8398,754,6881,70],"class_list":["post-30365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense-space","tag-swarm-aero-gamera","tag-uav","tag-unmanned-aerial-vehicles","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30367,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30365\/revisions\/30367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}