Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Abstract

This PE will focus USAF efforts on long endurance UAVs. Efforts can include airships and more standard aircraft structures. The USAF plan is to develop technologies which will allow days of endurance as well as their associated sensors and communications suites. The Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) Program is developing a radar of unprecedented proportions that is fully integrated into a station-keeping stratospheric airship. The ISIS will support the nation's need for persistent wide-area surveillance, tracking, and engagement of all time-critical air and ground targets. Automated surveillance and tracking includes all air targets to the radar horizon of 600 km and all ground targets to a range of 300 km. The radar aperture also provides track data and other communications directly to users in-theater. The system is expected to be launched from CONUS locations with a multi-year operational life. No support personnel or facilities are required in-theater. Efforts will include work on the ground station and the corresponding Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) connectivity. Funds in any Project can also cover activities to include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and execution and future program planning. This program is categorized as Budget Activity 7 because it provides for development of technologies and capabilities in support of operational system development.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
0305205F_7_3600_PB_2011
Change Summary Explanation
In FY10, Congress reduced program funding by $25.0M. This program is currently being developed by DARPA. USAF will cost share development beginning in FY 10.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Ground Stations
  • Standards
  • Stations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects

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