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... Achieving this goal will require accelerating investments in capabilities, including hypersonic weapons; AI enabled remotely piloted aircraft; long-range penetrating strike; truly joint all-domain command and control; unmanned, low-cost, expendable ground, surface and air vehicles; long-range mobile ground-launched missiles; and better integrated air and missile defenses. -- Charles Q
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... There are ongoing, significant efforts within the U.S. Air Force (USAF)
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... Air Force must include energy needs in readi ness reporting metrics for all weapons systems. Concomitant to a comprehensive analysis of the energy needs associated with data processing at the tactical edge, it is important to understand the impacts of energy availability and quality to these functions and what the impact would be to larger mission functions and weapons systems should the energy needs not be met, either at all or in a timely manner.
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... Air Force should include energy needs associ ated with data expectations, both for support and internal to the mission or system, as explicit requirements for all missions and systems. The terms and conditions for contracts should include language that requires specific and complete descriptions of energy needs, types, and compatibility with logistics support.
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... Air Force should consider the logistics tail for energy types and methods of delivery from the perspective of cost-efficiency of energy delivery and operational costs associated with single energy sourc ing (e.g., using drones to deliver batteries to small users, as opposed to con ventional fuel convoys)
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... Recommendation 13: The U.S. Air Force should invest in future research in both product and process technologies associated with reducing energy usage, minimizing energy logistics risk, and improving energy resiliencies associated with data operations at the tactical edge.
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... Executing the agenda described through the recommendations will be challenging, but the results will greatly improve the potential for successful deployment of next-generation technologies to the tactical edge.
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Key Terms

  • data processing
  • reduce energy
  • energy usage
  • mission readiness
  • operational readiness

  • field exercises
  • readiness assessments
  • energy challenges
  • integrating energy
  • include energy

  • improving energy
  • energy delivery
  • energy consumption
  • data capabilities
  • future warfighting

  • process technologies
  • defense task
  • force report
  • warfighting concepts
  • artificial intelligence

  • challenges associated
  • practical deployable
  • radio frequency
  • energy logistics
  • reducing energy

  • energy resilience
  • address energy
  • single energy
  • energy availability
  • energy engineers


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