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Part I Integrated Air Vehicles
Part I Integrated Air Vehicles
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Part I Integrated Air Vehicles
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The report recommended that the USAF support technology development for cost-effective UAVs that can perform a wide range of combat tasks.
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Air Force operation scenarios envision multiple vehicle types and multiple vehicles of the same type acting in "coordinated clusters" (USAFSAB, 1996~. This approach would provide broader capabilities than UAVs operating independently as reconnaissance, survelliance, countermeasures, or attack vehicles.
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Hunter is equipped with electro-optical and infrared video sensors. It was designed to carry a 200-pound payload and has a maximum altitude of 15,000 feet, a range of 267 kilometers, and endurance of 11 hours at that radius.
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The Air Force plans to purchase 12 systems with four vehicles each. Global Hawk Global Hawk (Figure 1-4)
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Source: Air Combat Command, U.S. Air Force.
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4 UNINHABITED AIR VEHICLES FIGURE 1-4 Global Hawk during sixth test flight. Source: Ryan Aeronautical Center.
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Outrider Outrider (Figure 1-6) is a tactical UAV developed for the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for reconnaissance and surveillance missions for brigade and task force commanders.
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and the USAF are collaborating on a program to develop a UCAV. The purpose of this program is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a UCAV that can effectively and affordably perform lethal missions, including SEAD and strike missions, as an integral part of a mixed inhabited/uninhabited force structure (Birckelbaw and Leahy, 1998~.
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To augment these studies, the Aerospace and Materials Sciences Directorate of the USAF Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) requested that the National Research Council, through the National Materials Advisory Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, identify long-term research opportunities in materials, structures, and aeronautical technologies to support the USAF's plans to develop UAV systems.
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The committee limited the scope of the study to make the best use of available time and resources and to focus on USAF needs. The committee focused primarily on combat and reconnaissance missions, especially the integrated air vehicle and key vehicle subsystems: air vehicle structures, air vehicle propulsion, onboard power, and vehicle control.
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vehicles · HALE vehicles · very low-cost vehicles Chapter 2 describes the technology needs of the integrated vehicle for each notional UAV classification based on a "systems engineering" approach to air vehicle development. Chapters 3 through 7 identify critical technologies and long-term research opportunities for each major UAV platform subsystem.
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