Logistics Aloft

Since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom, Department of Defense (DoD) investment in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has exploded almost 700% to just under $4 billion per year in 2009. This expansion was caused by the successful application of UASs primarily in their role as intelligence, su...

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1. Verfasser:	Jackson, Joel D
Format:	Report
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	A160 AIRCRAFT AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT AIR DROP OPERATIONS AIR STRIKES AIRLIFT OPERATIONS COST EFFECTIVENESS DRONES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY RESUPPLY ENDURANCE(GENERAL) FIXED WING AIRCRAFT FUTURE MISSIONS INTELLIGENCE INTRATHEATER RESUPPLY LOGISTICS SUPPORT Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies LOITERING LOITERING WITH CARGO MCTS(MISSION-CRITICAL TIME-SENSITIVE) MISSION-CRITICAL TIME-SENSITIVE RESUPPLY MQ-1 AIRCRAFT MQ-9 AIRCRAFT MULTIMISSION Pilotless Aircraft PREPOSITIONING(LOGISTICS) RECONNAISSANCE ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT RQ-4 AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE THEATER LEVEL OPERATIONS TIMELINESS UAS(UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
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Zusammenfassung:	Since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom, Department of Defense (DoD) investment in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has exploded almost 700% to just under $4 billion per year in 2009. This expansion was caused by the successful application of UASs primarily in their role as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms, but also as ISR/strike platforms, because these particular mission sets fit the capabilities of UASs. Going forward with these successes, DoD should assess potential future UAS missions by first determining what particular characteristics of the ISR and ISR/strike missions made them successful as UAS missions, and then determining what other missions fit these same characteristics. The author contends that emergency intra-theater logistical resupply and mission-critical, time-sensitive (MCTS) intra-theater logistical resupply are missions that fit ISR and ISR/strike mission characteristics. These missions require persistent, efficient, modular systems that are integrated into a pervasive battle space. UASs designed specifically as logistical delivery platforms with modular ISR/strike capabilities and long endurance should be developed to fulfill these missions.