The UAV Strike Package: How Do They Team?
Abstract
Huge strides are being made in bringing autonomous control to UAVs, but what are the next major hurdles to overcome? What attributes are still missing from the UAVs that will keep them from being a ubiquitous battlefield presence? What has to be done to sate the need for future Multi-UAV strike packages? This paper looks at the two areas necessary for single and especially multi- UAV systems: performing situational assessment and dealing with tightly coupled tasks. Although at the surface, the two areas seem completely unrelated, dig deeper and one will find that they are co-dependent to the point that one cannot be worked on without influencing the other. Although it's obvious to the casual observer in the UAV community that these are huge problems, the nuances of the challenges are not obvious. This paper starts shedding light on these challenges. Unfortunately, these areas are so overwhelming that it is our intent only to shed light on the difficulties faced and our way forward, not to provide solutions to the problems - though, understanding is the first step to solving.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA404584
Entities
People
- Jacob Hinchman
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory