Airborne Armed Full Motion Video: The Nexus of OPS/INTEL Integration in the Joint/Coalition Environment

Abstract

Operations and intelligence organizations continue to struggle with how to best plan and employ assets with a video capability. Many heated debates have occurred concerning manned and unmanned, as well as, armed and unarmed assets. This friction caused the less than optimum utilization of these assets. In today's Global War on Terrorism, timely, detailed intelligence is ever more critical to mission success. In many cases, operational commanders do not conduct their operations unless they are assured the availability of airborne full motion video (FMV) assets. The thesis of this paper argues the Department of Defense must adopt changes in joint doctrine, terms, organizations, and processes concerning armed, FMV capable platforms in order to employ FMV capabilities with greater operational effectiveness and efficiency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 03, 2007
Accession Number
ADA468804

Entities

People

  • Mark A. Cooter

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Laser Target Designators
  • Military Force Levels
  • Surveillance
  • United States Central Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs