Recommendations for Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance in the Year 2035 in a Cost Constrained Environment

Abstract

There is no crystal ball unveiling the future with perfect accuracy. The USAF must prepare for uncertainty; but it is certain that the future requires global strike capabilities. Effective global strike requires accurate targeting information. Surveillance and reconnaissance conducted in air, space, and cyberspace is the best way to gain this information and turn it into knowledge; all three domains are important, and all are required. In light of increasing technologic change, and fiscal restraints, this paper focuses on the following question: in a severely cost constrained environment, how can the Air Force modernize its existing and emerging assets to perform airborne surveillance and reconnaissance in order to enable global strike in 2035? This paper argues that fiscal realities require a strategy taking advantage of merging new technology on legacy systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 10, 2012
Accession Number
AD1018127

Entities

People

  • Douglas J. Lee

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Birds
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Hyperspectral Imagery
  • Military Aircraft
  • Prompt Global Strike
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Surveillance
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Visible Spectra
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Economics
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space