Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Perspective: Effects, Capabilities, and Technologies. Volume 0: Executive Summary and Annotated Briefing

Abstract

This report discusses the future of UAV employment in the USAF. It suggests a range of potential mission for future UAV employment, as well as a set of systems that could be constructed to accomplish these missions. The report examines the current state of mission management technologies and maps out of a plan of development for mission management and UAV CONOPS. This report summarizes the findings to be discussed in detail in subsequent volumes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA426998

Entities

People

  • Brian Hunt
  • Greg Zacharias
  • Malcolm O'neill
  • Peter Worch
  • Ray O. Johnson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Command And Control
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Employment
  • Military Science
  • Situational Awareness
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs