Description might could actually updated sometimes

Either to fix up some typos, mistyping, lack of words, or adding some new components

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An entry for Drone Carrier challenge

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Overview

HMS UXV Combatant is a concept UAV drone carrier aviation capable warship designed by BVT Surface Fleet (now BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships), which was displayed at the Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEI) in 2007. UXV Combatant shares some common design features with the Type 45 destroyer and the Interdiction Assault Ship concept.

The ship has two runways for launching attack drones and drones for target acquisition and for remote launching ship-based missiles at the enemy.

Current status

This is a concept warship only, and there are currently no plans yet for this concept to enter design proper.

• Wikipedia
• MW Stats
  

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Features:

• Modern Warship-ish loadout.
• Launchable unmanned aircrafts.
• Flares.

Manual instruction:

• Throttle = Move forward.
• Brake = Brake.
• S = Reverse (set throttle to 0 first).
• A & D = Turn left & right.

Armaments

Main cannon

• 1x UXV Railgun (380mm) - railgun artillery

Depth charge/grenade launcher

• 2x UXV Launcher (375mm)
  

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Anti-ship missile

• Storm Shadow

Anti-air missile

• CAMM
  

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Air defense

• 3x Phalanx CIWS
  

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Aircrafts

• Helicopter = 1x Camcopter S-100 (Single use)
• Drone = 2x Taranis UAV (Single use)
  

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Controls:

• AG1 = Deploy helicopter.
• AG2-3 = Launch drone.
• AG7 = Disable/enable the vessel system, toggle aircraft control.

Cannon controls

• VTOL = Rotate left/right.
• Trim = Aim up/down.
• LAlt = Fire.

Depth charge/grenade launcher controls

• Manually controlled, will be delay for few seconds once fully fired.
• VTOL = Rotate left/right.
• Trim = Aim up/down.
• LAlt = Fire.

CIWS controls

• CIWS may quite unprecision, but it will deal damage to anything who dare to come closer to it.
• Automatically aim at your target.
• Spacebar = Fire CIWS.

Aircraft control

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Helicopter control

• Helicopter is hard to control and having a weird, Modern Warships-like camera angle. Try to get used to the controls then you will be more comfortable with the controls

Helicopter armament

Main gun = Machine gun, deals high damage to any ground targets.

Startup

• AG7 = Turn on engine, disable/enable the vessel system, control the aircraft.
• AG1 = Deploy first helicopter.

CAUTION! When flying, do not turn off the engine at the mid-air or your helicopter will lose control and falling down.

Take-off

• Full throttle.
• Once it is high enough, set the throttle below 60 or 50.
• Your helicopter should go airborne now, if the heli keeps going up you'll have to play with the throttle as well to create some balance (for hovering).

Controls

• Normal flight control.
• Throttle 50 = Fly low/hover.
• Throttle 20 below = Go down.
• Full throttle = Go up.
• Spacebar = Fire guns.
  

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Drone control

• Control like normal, but lack of reticle and HUD makes it harder to navigate it's target. It can be utilized as loitering munitions/kamikaze drones as well.

Drone armament

• Main gun= GAU-22 (25 mm), deals damage to any ground targets.
• Main armaments= Projectiles, deals heavy damage to it's target, but delays for every few seconds once fired.

Startup

• AG7 = Turn on engine, disable/enable the vessel system, control the aircraft.
• AG2 = Deploy drone #1.
• AG3 = Deploy drone #2.

Take-off

• Make sure you are in full throttle.
• After you press the launch button, pitch up immediately, and fly like normal.

Controls

• Normal flight control.
• Spacebar = Fire weapons.

DISCLAIMER! The usage of all of the aircraft is SINGLE USE. It is not possible to land your aircraft back to the ship. Once you're done with it, you have to either leave them away or "sacrifice" it.

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Front quarter view

Rear quarter view

Unmanned helicopter (Camcopter S-100)

Unmanned aircrafts (Taranis UAVs)

A Taranis taking-off

Firing 380mm railgun artillery

375mm grenade projectiles/depth charges

UXV Combatant's air defenses

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Trivia

• The ship herself seems to be never exist in real life, nor even planned to be developed or built, as it just only a concept ship (they said) by BAE Systems. But it appears as a playable, hard-to-find ship in Artstorm FZE's Modern Warships Naval Battle.
• The drones are actually based on real-life BAE Systems Taranis, a British demonstration stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle. The unmanned chopper as well in the other way, do exist in real life. It's the Austrian-made Schiebel Camcopter S-100.
  

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Credits

• Monarchii for the new funky trees code for the air defense which has more extended range from before. Codes are derived from this build.
• Skua for the Taranis UAV with some tweaks.
  

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Creator's note:

• The Camcopter is made by myself, with some borrowed parts from my weapon helicopters (original by WHNineTripleOne)
• Some bollocks will be saying that the description looks AI generated, but I must emphasize that I've been put some external links to some sources where I build the description so I've make it clear that I'm not using any help from AI.