This drone weighs 5.5 tons, can cruise at speeds of up to 287 mph, and reach altitudes of 30,000 feet.
that 93 percent of France’s exclusive economic zone is located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
In addition to scouting and surveilling existing French claims to the ocean, Turgis and Gaillard pitch the AAROK as an important “asset for operational dominance ,” suggesting that the drone’s design is useful and durable enough to make it useful in the face of hostile defenses. It can also function as a communications node, with the drone operating as an airborne relay between forces over distance, ensuring commands and information get from headquarters to forces in the field.
At present, the AAROK is a promise more than a reality, with Patrick Gaiilard, director general of the company,that the prototype “was finished just a few weeks ago and hasn’t yet flown.” Still, the idea is a compelling pitch for not just the French military but other countries France might sell weapons to, like partner states in Africa or NATO allies. The AAROK can perform much of the missions expected of a legacy drone like the Reaper, but is built on modern tech, with an understanding of modern threats baked in.
As the aircraft is still in the prototype stage, it remains to be seen how much of the promise can actually be delivered. But the promise itself is compelling, a drone capable of both counter-insurgency and anti-submarine operations, built to be used and lost if needed.
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