Unmanned Aerial Systems and Military Airships: The Rise of U.S. Drones and Blimps ( Defense, Security and Strategies )

Publication series :Defense, Security and Strategies

Author: Evan Jones;Frank R. Thomas  

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.‎

Publication year: 2016

E-ISBN: 9781620811320

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781620811191

Subject: V279 unmanned aircraft

Keyword: 暂无分类

Language: ENG

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Unmanned Aerial Systems and Military Airships: The Rise of U.S. Drones and Blimps

Chapter

Force Multiplication/Autonomy

Engine Systems

Duplication of Capability

Other Potential Missions

The Issue of Airspace

Recruitment and Retention

Industrial Base Considerations

CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

Funding

Trade-Offs

Measures of Effectiveness

Pace of Effort

Management

Operators

R&D Priorities

Development Facilities

Other Issues

In Summation

CURRENT MAJOR DOD UAS PROGRAMS

MQ-1 Predator

MQ-1C Grey Eagle

MQ-9 Reaper

RQ-4 Global Hawk

BAMS

MQ-8B Fire Scout

FIRE-X/MQ-8C

RQ-170 Sentinel

OTHER CURRENT UAS PROGRAMS

RQ-5A Hunter / MQ-5B Hunter II

RQ-7 Shadow

“Small UAVs”

RQ-14 Dragon Eye

FQM-151 Pointer

RQ-11 Raven

ScanEagle

Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS)

FUTURE UAS

Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS)

X-47B

Phantom Ray

Avenger/Sea Avenger

High Altitude Long Endurance Systems

Phantom Eye

Orion

Global Observer

Airships

End Notes

Chapter 2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ADDRESSING CHALLENGES FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE DEPARTMENT’S PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING CHALLENGES FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS)

Reporting Requirement

SECTION 1 – BACKGROUND

SECTION 2 – ISSUES BEING ADDRESSED BY THE UAS TASK FORCE UAS ACCESS TO NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM

UAS Executive Committee (ExCom)

DoD Airspace Integration Plan

Common Sense and Avoid (SAA)

Common Control Station Architecture

Remote Video Terminals (RVT)

SECTION 3 –COORDINATION OF UAS ISSUES AND ISR-RELATED MANNED/ UNMANNED CAPABILITIES

Frequency and Bandwidth IPT

Research and Engineering (R&E) IPT

Interoperability IPT

Unmanned Systems Roadmap (USR) FY2009-20347

SECTION 4 – ACTIONS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT UAS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS

Interoperability Profiles

Electro -Optical /Infra-Red (EO/IR) Sensor Commonality

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Payload Commonality

Synergies between BAMS and GH Programs

SUMMARY

End Notes

Chapter 3 U.S. AIR FORCE FACT SHEET MQ-9 REAPER

MISSION

FEATURES

BACKGROUND

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Chapter 4 U.S. AIR FORCE FACT SHEET MQ-1B PREDATOR

MISSION

FEATURES

BACKGROUND

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Chapter 5 U.S. AIR FORCE FACT SHEET RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK

MISSION

FEATURES

BACKGROUND

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Chapter 6 STATEMENT OF JOHN F. TIERNEY, CHAIRMAN SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HEARING ON “RISE OF THE DRONES: UNMANNED SYSTEMS AND THE FUTURE OF WAR”

Chapter 7 STATEMENT OF PETER WARREN SINGER, BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Chapter 8 STATEMENT OF DR. EDWARD BARRETT, U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HEARING ON "RISE OF THE DRONES: UNMANNED SYSTEMS AND THE FUTURE OF WAR" 

Chapter 9 WRITTEN TESTIMONY SUBMITTED BY KENNETH ANDERSON U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING: “RISE OF THE DRONES: UNMANNED SYSTEMS AND THE FUTURE OF WAR”*

INTRODUCTION

The Multiple Strategic Uses of Drones and Their Legal Rationales

The Role of the CIA

The Lack of Public Legal Justification from the Administration

“Reducing US Disincentives to Use Violence”

End Notes

Chapter 10 STATEMENT OF MICHAEL S. FAGAN CHAIR, UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) ADVOCACY COMMITTEE ASSOCIATION FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL (AUVSI) BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS*

UAS FACTS, FIGURES AND QUOTES

USAF UAS Airframes

Army UAS statistics as of 10 March 2010

QUOTES FROM UAS USERS

Chapter 11 DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: DOD COULD ACHIEVE GREATER COMMONALITY AND EFFICIENCIES AMONG ITS UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS STATEMENT OF MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, DIRECTOR ACQUISITION AND SOURCING MANAGEMENT

WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY

WHAT GAO FOUND

SUMMARY

BACKGROUND

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ACQUISITIONS HAVE EXPERIENCED COST GROWTH, SCHEDULE DELAYS, AND PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS

EFFORTS TO COLLABORATE AND IDENTIFY COMMONALITY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN SOME CASES, WHILE NOT IN OTHERS

SERVICE-CENTRIC ACQUISITION PROCESSES AND INEFFECTIVE COLLABORATION HAVE REDUCED OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMONALITY

DOD CONTINUES TO INCREASE ITS EMPHASIS ON AND FUNDING FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

APPENDIX I: ADDITIONAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT PROGRAM DATA AND INFORMATION

End Notes

Chapter 12 TESTIMONY OF DYKE D. WEATHERINGTON DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UNMANNED WARFARE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

ACQUISITION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

Update on DoD UAS Programs

Overview of UAS Programs

Overview of Department Initiatives to Increase Commonality and Efficiencies

RQ-4 Global Hawk / Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Joint Efficiencies

Electro Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Sensor Payload for Predatorand ER/MP

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Payload

Shadow UAS

Groups 1-2 UAS Programs

CONCLUSION

End Notes

Chapter 13 TESTIMONY BY KEVIN J. WOLF, US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, BEFORE THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

US DUAL-USE EXPORT CONTROLS RELATING TO UAVS

A. The Missile Technology Control Regime

B. US Implementation of Missile Technology Export Controls

C. Export Control Enforcement

Aviation Services International

ARC International

Mayrow General Trading

Landstar/Yi-Lan Chen

CONCLUSION

End Note

Chapter 14 TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL W. LEWIS, OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY PETTIT COLLEGE OF LAW, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HEARING ON "RISE OF THE DRONES II: EXAMINING THE LEGALITY OF UNMANNED TARGETING"*

INTRODUCTION

The Current Laws of War are Sufficient to Address the Drone Question

Who May be Targeted?

Where May Attacks Take Place?

Who May do the Targeting?

Conclusion

End Notes

Chapter 15 TESTIMONY OF MARY ELLEN O'CONNELL, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS. HEARING ON "RISE OF THE DRONES II: EXAMINING THE LEGALITY OF UNMANNED TARGETING"

LAWFUL USE OF COMBAT DRONES

I. A Lawful Battlefield Weapon

II. The Battlefield Defined

III. Battlefield Restraints

CONCLUSION

End Notes

Chapter 16 TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM C. BANKS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM, UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

INTRODUCTION

Overview of the Law that Applies to the Use of Drones in Targeted Killing

CONCLUSION

End Notes

Chapter 17 RECENT DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS FOR MILITARY AIRSHIPS

NOTES AND DEFINITIONS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE (ISR)

PERFORMANCE OF AIRSHIPS RELATIVE TO OTHER AIRCRAFT

PERFORMANCE OF AIRSHIPS RELATIVE TO SATELLITES

Other Factors

Airlift

LOW-ALTITUDE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE

HIGH-ALTITUDE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE

AIRLIFT

End Notes

INDEX

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