Small UAS Analysis of Laser Designation and Search and Target Acquisition Capabilities in an Urban Environment

Abstract

Conclusions: -Small UAS has extreme difficulty lasing moving targets in high density urban environments -Lasing moving targets in medium density terrain is possible but not certain -Lasing of stationary targets is not an issue given LOS -Perch-and-Stare may be the best choice for surveillance of a point or intersection -Surveillance of an intersection by hovering gives better performance than a circular flight path around the area *Next Steps -TRAC used this data in conjunction with Soldier interviews on the operational ability/benefits of the FW and RW Small UAS when compiling the final report -AMSAA will be conducting an additional UAS Mix Analysis using improved methodology for FOCUS

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA489842

Entities

People

  • Eric Harclerode

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Altitude
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • High Density
  • High Resolution
  • Hovering
  • Information Operations
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Laser Guidance
  • Military Operations
  • Moving Targets
  • Operations Research
  • Target Acquisition

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects