A Concept of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Amphibious Operations

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to perform a conceptual study of using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in amphibious operations. It focused on the command relations, tasking and critical problems in UAV amphibious operations. This thesis investigated the question of whether using UAVs at sea is a feasible complement to current amphibious operational doctrine and, if so, then what expense is incurred to assets on which it is embarked and assigned to the Amphibious Ready Group. This thesis concluded that UAVs were a feasible complement to current amphibious doctrine, but several critical issues to include EMI, video distribution and air space management, had to be investigated further. Additionally, topics for future research were detailed in chapter VII. Unmanned aerial vehicles, Amphibious operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272764

Entities

People

  • Kipp A. Collins

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Command And Control
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Employment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Landing Forces
  • Personnel Management
  • Radar
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Surveillance
  • Tactical Air Support
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerial Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Micro Periodontal Dentistry.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers