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.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 30, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1177302
Entities
People
- Jordan A. Kowalski
Organizations
- Marine Corps University