1998 Army After Next Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Studies

Abstract

There has been growing recognition within the senior leadership of the Army that UAVs are an emerging technology which may play a critical role in the Army After Next. The CSA directed Army After Next (AAN) effort to frame issues vital to the development of the U.S. Army after about 2025 and to provide those issues to senior Army leadership in a format suitable to integration into TRADOC Combat Development programs. The Army After Next Directorate and the Director of TRAC Leavenworth initially requested USMA to analyze a proposed notional UAV force structure and provide recommendations and alternatives. To date, USMA has been involved with the Tactical Wargames, conferences, In Progress Reviews, has conducted some initial modeling which has resulted in a UAV requirements analysis focused on the Battle Element, and has presented a final briefing to the Directors of the AAN, TRAC Leavenworth, and the Battle Lab Integration Technology and Concepts Directorates. Some potential key insights concerning the contribution of future Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) systems have been brought to light.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA361106

Entities

People

  • Gregory Brouillette
  • James F. Sullivan Jr.
  • Jeffery K. Joles

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Battles
  • Control Systems
  • Damage Assessment
  • Data Fusion
  • Detection
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Force Structure
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States Military Academy
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • War Games
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • STEM Education
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs