US Army AMRDEC Aviation 2050 Vision

[Triton]

Published on Jun 21, 2013

The Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center is looking to the future of Aviation--rotary-winged aircraft--not just 10 or 20 years into the future but out to the year 2050. Under the leadership of Dr. Bill Lewis, Director of the AMRDEC's Aviation Development Directorate, engineers worked together with graphic artists in the AMRDEC's Visualization Lab to develop this concept video entitled "Aviation 2050 Vision - Technology for Tactics." The video portrays the "future" of rotorcraft from our perspective. We realize that we don't own this future and so you are encouraged to view our video and contribute to the effort to build the rotorcraft of the future--2050. After viewing the video please participate in the survey at this link https://www.research.net/s/technology..

http://youtu.be/Qn2qjJuu-40

 

[Triton]

"Aviation 2050 - US Army Needs You"
Posted by Graham Warwick 1:48 PM on Jun 23, 2013

Source:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:ec376961-3b5e-48e0-a0fe-74903304fcd5

Will army aviation in 2050 look like the Scorpion gunships in the movie Avatar? According to a new video produced by the US Army's Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), it might.

The video, with its unmanned minicopters, attack stop-fold tiltrotors and troopships with tilting ducted rotors, is intended to stimulate thinking on what technology might be needed by 2050. AMRDEC is looking for feedback.

You can provide it by completing a survey at this link:
(https://www.research.net/s/technologyfortactics)

My feedback? The ideas are good, but make it 2060, at the earliest. Given the pace at which the Army plans to move to the next generation of rotorcraft, this vision of a high-performance, highly automated future looks to me a bit optimistic for 2050.

 

[yasotay]

Weell..... technology is great, but I think that the folks down in southern Alabama will not appreciate the tactics bit.

 

[Avimimus]

Yup... I'm not sure 'go to the ! on the globe', 'stay within 10 metres of the enemy using non-lethal techniques', 'wait for reinforcements', 'spend time watching CGI concept videos while the reinforcements watch concept videos', 'avoid the light bulb cannons' ideas will fly.

 

[bobbymike]

US soldier - Really I still have my M4 and M203 in 2050? An 'Aliens' pulse rifle or 'Eraser' style EM gun would be nice!

 

[hesham]

Hi,


I think this topic belongs to Theoretical and Speculative section.


Topic moved

 

[Triton]

I presume that the stop-fold tiltrotor aircraft seen in the video is highly speculative considering the United States Army hasn't even developed JMR/FVL yet. I don't know what to make of the Avatar-like shrouded rotor troop transports shown in the video.

Also interesting that AMRDEC used the US Army Natwick Soldier Center (NSC)'s future soldier concepts. These concepts featured a visor display and a forearm-attached wearable computer that could be used to operate drones and UAVs.

While watching this video, I was reminded the mini-film Ghost Recon Alpha created for the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier video/computer game published by Ubisoft.

http://youtu.be/le2AeTub3mo

 

[Triton]

Hi,


I think this topic belongs to Theoretical and Speculative section.

Thinking about it more, you're probably right. I went back and forth on which section was better for this topic. Since the video was developed by the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center of the United States Army, I reasoned that it would be treated like the videos and concepts we see coming out of Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Airbus etc.

 

[hesham]

That's right my dear Jemiba.

 

[Triton]

I defer to your judgment, Jemiba.