Unmanned Vehicles to Support the Tactical War

Abstract

In 1982, Israel's very successful use of unmanned air vehicles to provide battlefield reconnaissance started an up surge in the potential inherent in these systems. The author traces the history of unmanned systems in the tactical environment and relates the environmental and technological changes that now make these systems a viable complement to manned air vehicles, this background lays the foundation for a review of current and planned systems and potential missions these unmanned air vehicles can successfully accomplish now and in the future. A summary of concerns and potential problems completes the study. Keywords: Remotely piloted vehicles, Tactical warfare.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA202092

Entities

People

  • David H. Cookerly

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attrition
  • Birds
  • Defense Systems
  • Military Applications
  • Reconnaissance
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Space Systems
  • Surveillance
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerial Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Micro Periodontal Dentistry.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs