Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Major Management Issues Facing DOD's Development and Fielding Efforts

Abstract

The current generation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been under development 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 been particularly interested inDODs approach to managing the growing number of UAV programs

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 17, 2004
Accession Number
AD1157938

Entities

People

  • Neal P. Curtin
  • Paul L. Francis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Military Operations
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Websites

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Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs