Air Force Acquisitions of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Abstract

Drones, more formally recognized as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), offer a wide variety of utility and great potential for harm. The U.S. Air Force and the rest of the Department of Defense (DOD) represent significant targets for UAS. Addressing the UAS threat that the Air Force is facing can be undertaken by looking at how the Air Force can employ an acquisition strategy by which it acquires counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) and delivers the capabilities of those systems to its Airmen. By exploring the DOD's acquisition system and counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) and capabilities, this research argues for establishing an acquisition strategy of those systems. The research concludes by providing recommendations on how the Air Force can align itself with official and authoritative C-sUAS elements within the DOD to ultimately frame a C-sUAS acquisition strategy for the Air Force to utilize.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1200505

Entities

People

  • Karl D. Fagnant

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Business Administration
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Small Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy