Defining an Approach for Future Close Air Support Capability

Abstract

The Army Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) Office asked the RAND Arroyo Center to conduct research on the close-support capabilities available in recent conflicts to help inform future planning decisions. Initially, the research the office requested was to include a broad set of close-support capabilities; however, this research subsequently refocused specifically on close air support (CAS) capabilities in recent conflict and the possible implications for the future. The research provides an overview of the requirements process that led to existing CAS capabilities, contains information from warfighters, and includes the results of an assessment using state-of-the-art machine learning methods for coding to extract information on CAS capabilities that were provided to the Army over the past decade or so. This work should be of interest to a broad range of technologists, concept developers, materiel developers, and many others in the defense acquisition community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1026018

Entities

People

  • John Iv Gordon
  • John Matsumura
  • Randall Steeb

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Airframes
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Defense Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Guided Bombs
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Organizations
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Surface To Air Missiles
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy