FORCE STRUCTURE: Improved Strategic Planning Can Enhance DOD's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Efforts

Abstract

The current generation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been under development for defense applications since the 1980s. UAVs were used in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002 and 2003 to observe, track, target, and strike enemy forces. These successes have heightened interest in UAVs within the Department of Defense (DOD) and the services. GAO was asked to (1) determine how much funding DOD requested, was appropriated, and was obligated for major UAV development efforts during fiscal years 1999-2003 and (2) assess whether DOD's approach to planning for UAVs provides reasonable assurance that its investment in UAVs will facilitate their integration into the force structure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
AD1157825

Entities

People

  • Neal Curtin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Force Structure
  • Guidance
  • High Altitude
  • Procurement
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Websites

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  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs