Recent Development Efforts for Military Airships

Abstract

During the past decade s operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. military has come to rely heavily on the continuous or nearly continuous presence overhead of both manned and unmanned aircraft to support ground troops. Unmanned aircraft that remain aloft in particular locations (or "orbits") have been primarily used to provide timely information about activities on the ground and to attack ground targets on short notice. Most prominent among these aircraft are the Department of Defense s (DoD's) fleets of unmanned Predators, Reapers, and Global Hawks; however, satellites and manned conventional aircraft, including fighters and long-range bombers, have also contributed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA552176

Entities

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Helicopters
  • High Altitude
  • Low Altitude
  • Reconnaissance
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vertical Takeoff Aircraft

Readers

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space