A Future Vision for Remotely Piloted Aircraft: Leveraging Interoperability and Networked Operations
Abstract
VISION: Collaboratively develop and coordinate strategic S&T visions and plans to support the future Air Force ISR Enterprise and its integration with partners and customers. Key ISR Platform Challenges: Growing demand for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) information and for a diverse portfolio of fielded platforms; Increasing complexity in sensors, communications, and processing; New phenomenologies, analysis methods, and visualization; Development of open standards and distributed processing capabilities; Fiscal constraints will drive an increased emphasis on improving/recapitalizing legacy systems vs. developing new capabilities; Highly contested environments like the Asia-Pacific region are a shift in focus from permissive counterinsurgency environments; and Rapidly fielded advances have not yet been normalized. Keys to Achieving this VISION: Integrated manned and unmanned systems -- Future threats will necessitate an integrated force structure of manned and unmanned systems to mitigate risk; Flexible Autonomy -- Research in autonomous behaviors and human supervisory control promise enormous efficiencies as well capability increases through teaming and multi-vehicle operations; Open Architecture and Standards -- Enables modularity and interoperability, resulting in increased operational effect, adaptability, sustainability, extensibility, and potential cost reductions; and Secure, robust, agile, redundant C2 and information distribution will be essential for mission success in all environments and domains.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 21, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA591937
Entities
People
- Jeffrey W. Eggers