Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems Survivability: A Defense-in-Depth Approach

Abstract

Remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS) are systems of systems. The Department of Defense has identified RPAS to take on dull, dirty, or dangerous combat missions. Political advantages with respect to lowering the threshold for the use of in terms of potential casualties, and military advantages, encourage rapid RPAS deployment. The explosion in RPAS interoperability development has outpaced system level survivability development, resulting in a vulnerable RPAS communication architecture. These vulnerabilities have strategic character, meaning that capabilities designed to attack these weaknesses create strategic, operational, and tactical effects. Obviously, potential enemies could turn weapons designed target these RPAS weaknesses against high value targets creating a deterrent effect.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1019574

Entities

People

  • E. Iii L. Bonner

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Satellites
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Ground Control Stations
  • National Security
  • Payload
  • Satellite Communications
  • Satellite Constellations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.