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photo Piaggio Aerospace

 

24.02.2015 Aerobuzz.fr

Piaggio Aerospace vient d’annoncer que son drone P.1HH HammerHead avait effectué son premier vol en décembre 2014 sur la base aérienne italienne de Trapani Birgi. Cette étape marque l’ouverture du dossier de certification de ce MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) dérivé du biturbopropulseur d’affaires Avanti. Il est développé avec Finmeccanica-Selex ES et est destiné à la surveillance et à la sûreté. Le P.1HH HammerHead a été dévoilé au salon du Bourget 2013 par Piaggio Aerospace. Le constructeur d’origine italienne est aujourd’hui détenu à hauteur de 98,05% par Mubadala Development Company d’Abu Dhabi.

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5 août 2014 2 05 /08 /août /2014 11:50
Italy ponders Hammerhead UAV as Predator replacement

 

31 Jul 2014 By: Luca Peruzzi  -FG

 

Italy is evaluating the Piaggio Aero P1HH Hammerhead unmanned air vehicle (UAV) as a likely replacement for its air force's fleet of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator As from later this decade.

The medium-altitude, long-endurance type is being developed by Piaggio as an unmanned variant of its twin-pusher P180 Avanti II business aircraft, but is yet to attract a launch customer.

However, Gen Gianni Candotti, head of air and space planning at the Italian air force, says the service is keeping a close eye on the Hammerhead's development.

 

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The P.1HH Hammerhead UAV is based on Piaggio Aero's manned P.180 business aircraft. (Piaggio Aero)

The P.1HH Hammerhead UAV is based on Piaggio Aero's manned P.180 business aircraft. (Piaggio Aero)

 

Nov. 18, 2013 - By AWAD MUSTAFA and TOM KINGTON – Defense News

 

DUBAI AND ROME — The successful test flight of the Piaggio Aero P.1HH Hammerhead UAV has been welcomed by the Italian Air Force as it looks to intensify its maritime surveillance operations. Lt. Gen. Pasquale Preziosa, chief of staff of the Italian Air Force, said at the Dubai Air Chief Conference this week that the Hammerhead will increase the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities in its fight against illegal immigration.

 

“It will give us the possibility to increase our capability in ISR, especially when we are facing in the Mediterranean illegal immigration from North Africa approaching Lampedusa,” he said.

 

The test flight took place at Sicily’s Trapani air base on Nov. 14, according to Piaggio Aero.

 

The Hammerhead features two pusher propellers and canards on the nose. It offers a 15.5-meter wing span, maximum takeoff weight of 6,146 kilograms and will fly to 45,000 feet with 16 hours endurance, with the company claiming it can get to a target faster and stay on target longer than rivals.

 

Pasquale said that he hoped the UAV would be operational soon.

 

Last week, United Arab Emirates (UAE) investment fund Mubadala beefed up its stake in Piaggio Aero from 33 to 41 percent, as part of an equity increase of €190 million (US $255 million).

 

Tata Limited, a UK offshoot of India’s Tata Group, also increased its stake from 33 to 44.5 percent.

 

“The [Hammerhead] is an example of very good cooperation between Italy and the UAE,” Pasquale said.

 

During Monday’s announcement, Mubadala CEO Khaldoon al-Mubarak was present alongside Alberto Galassi, CEO of Piaggio Aero, Pasquale and Fabrizio Giulianini, CEO of Selex ES.

 

Despite the equity increase, Galassi said the product remains a 100 percent Italian product that will be used exclusively by the Italian Air Force and its NATO partners.

 

“At this stage, Mubadala is a fundamental shareholder to develop this program,” he said. “It is an Italian program classified by the Italian government and is certified by the Italian Air Force.”

 

Galassi said he hopes the program will achieve certification by the end of 2014.

 

“First of all, before looking for customers, you need to achieve certification, so this is the mission of 2014. Plenty of NATO countries are interested in having this program and we will see if there will be export versions of it. But of course, there are some limitations and classifications,” he said.

 

“I’m expecting NATO countries to be our first and most important customers.”

 

Italian procurement chief Gen. Claudio Debertolis said at this summer’s Paris Air Show that Italy could buy 10 of the aircraft, adding that he was also tipping the UAV as a candidate for a common European medium-altitude, long-endurance drone program and would assist in promoting it to other countries.

 

Italy’s Selex ES will supply an electro-optical turret, forward-looking infrared, its e-scan Seaspray 7300 radar and mission management system.

 

“We partnered with Piaggio less than two years ago to develop it under a crash program and we achieved the maiden flight in an incredibly short time,” Giulianini said.

 

Giulianini said he is confident that they can achieve certification by the end of 2014.

 

“At the end of 2014, we will have full operational capability and of course then we will have further development by adding a full payload because this is a multiple mission aircraft,” he said.

 

Selex has provided the vehicle control and management systems, aviation systems and avionics on board, Giulianini said. Furthermore, the data link system, ground control station and the management system with the sensors has also been developed by Selex.

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Hammerhead

9/10/2013 Strategy page

 

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 10, 2013) A Hammerhead unmanned, remote controlled vehicle from the Canadian navy auxiliary oil replenishment ship HMCS Preserver (AOR 510) makes a close pass by the guided-missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) during a live-fire exercise during the annual UNITAS multinational maritime exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker)

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8 juin 2013 6 08 /06 /juin /2013 11:50
Le Hammerhead (vue d'artiste) pourrait voler dès la fin de cette année. Crédit Piaggio

Le Hammerhead (vue d'artiste) pourrait voler dès la fin de cette année. Crédit Piaggio

07/06/2013 Par Guillaume Steuer - air-cosmos.com

 

Voici venu le nouveau Male italien. "A vrai dire, le Hammerhead se situe plutôt dans une catégorie intermédiaire, entre drones Male (moyenne altitude longue endurance) et Hale (haute altitude)", s'empresse de préciser Fabrizio Giulianini, pdg de Selex ES. L'électronicien italio-britannique est en effet partenaire de l'avionneur Piaggio sur ce nouveau projet d'avion sans pilote, le P.1HH Hammerhead. Un appareil dérivé du célèbre turboprop Piaggio Avanti et dont une maquette à l'échelle 1 sera présentée pour la première fois à l'occasion du salon du Bourget.

 

"Notre avantage principal par rapport à la concurrence est la rapidité à laquelle nous pouvons répondre à la demande du marché", explique le patron de Selex ES. Etant donné que la plateforme de base est déjà largement éprouvée, il est prévu un calendrier d'essais assez agressif. Un premier vol assez court doit être effectué en fin d'année 2013, et de premières livraisons pourraient avoir lieu dès 2015 si des clients se montrent séduits par la formule.

 

De son côté, Piaggio expliquait récemment que le Hammerhead devrait afficher une endurance d'environ 16h avec un plafond pratique de 45.000 pieds, en emmenant un total de 900 kg de charge utile. Selex ES pourrait notamment intégrer un radar issu de la gamme Seaspray, ainsi qu'un capteur optronique. En revanche, selon Selex ES, il n'est pas prévu d'en dériver une version "optionnellement piloté", l'espace gagné par le retrait du cockpit étant occupé par de l'équipement.

 

Dans le domaine des drones tactiques, Selex ES continue par ailleurs de commercialiser son Falco, qui a déjà été vendu à quatre clients différents. L'électronicien est également le seul à avoir déjà intégré et testé en vol un radar non américain (le Seaspray 7500E) sur un drone MQ-9 Reaper, ce qui le place naturellement en tête des candidats à une future "européanisation" de cet engin, en cas d'achat groupé par plusieurs pays occidentaux.

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