Unmanned aircraft in combat missions: Capabilities, limitations and challenges
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The actions in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom have shown the value of arming unmanned aircraft (UA) and hence they are being developed to carry greater payload load-out, with wider variety to offer strike flexibility to warfighters. The SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defence) role emphasizes survivability as a key design requirement for a UA and understanding the design trade-off needed to develop effective capability is critical to holding down acquisition costs, and a robust system engineering effort is paramount.
Publication Name: Military Technology
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-3226
Year: 2005
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Enabling technologies for future-generation UAS
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The US Department of Defense (DoD) is investing in researching and developing technologies with the potential to advance the capabilities of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and the US Air Force, Navy and Army together with DARPA are projected to fund $1.662 billion in 79 UAS-related R and D projects aver the financial year 2005-09. The status of the recent US UAS programmes and the commercial technologies that drive many unmanned technologies are discussed.
Publication Name: Military Technology
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-3226
Year: 2005
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Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems: A status report
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The progress made by the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) programme and their contractors Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. are discussed. The J-UCAS is the embodiment of a new form of air combat and its vision is a collection of unmanned, weaponised, high-performance aircraft, equipped with the latest contemporary autonomous capabilities that are fed by information from a variety of sources.
Publication Name: Military Technology
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-3226
Year: 2005
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