Amorphous Swarms: Asymmetric Autonomous Aircraft Affecting Adversary Air Defense Decisions

Abstract

SUAS Swarms provide an expanded reconnaissance and decoy capability against enemy IADS. Asymmetric SUAS swarms can be utilized to influence an IADS targeting and weapon employment in a peer and near-peer conventional conflict. SUAS swarms, equipped to mirror the RCS and flight characteristics of a known US air asset, will be a viable means to convince enemy radar operators at the tracking and targeting radar levels to activate for friendly targeting. These swarms require artificial intelligence advances to perform true autonomous coordination to achieve the deception effect while actively collecting on enemy systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177302

Entities

People

  • Jordan A. Kowalski

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Arms Control
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Drone Swarms
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Swarming Technologies
  • Universities
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy