Maximizing the Future Force with Minimum Manpower: The Pairing of Autonomous Aerial Vehicles (AAVs) with Manned Systems

Abstract

The continued proliferation of Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD) systems coupled with the aging inventory of USAF assets and shortage of pilots have negative implications on the ability of the USAF to project power in order to meet national security objectives. With advances in artificial intelligence, image recognition, machine learning, and autonomous pairing, the pairing of autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) with manned assets will provide benefits at the tactical, operational, and strategic level of war while addressing shortages in manpower and aging aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 2018
Accession Number
AD1179045

Entities

People

  • Gregory Hunger

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Machine Learning
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Operations Research
  • Radar
  • Recognition
  • Space Systems
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Target Recognition
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

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