LOCUST Swarm Employment at the Tactical Level Within the Contact Layer

Abstract

LOCUST employment at the tactical level, in concert with existing manned and unmanned capabilities from across the JointForce, provides Contact Layer forces the ability to operate as a swarm within the EABO construct to develop situational awareness, complicate adversary collections and targeting efforts, and provide opportunities to selectively shape the environment, imposing costs on the adversary while reducing competition costs for the United States. LOCUST-enabled Contact Layer forces provide the Joint Force Commander the capabilities required by Joint and service concepts to better compete against great power adversaries in the Future Operating Environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177252

Entities

People

  • Michael D'eredita

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Force Protection
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Navigation
  • Situational Awareness
  • Swarming Technologies
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs