Accession Number:

ADA423585

Title:

Defense Science Board Study on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Uninhabited Combat Aerial Vehicles

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Israel, Kenneth
• Nesbit, Robert

Report Date:

2004-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

80.0

Abstract:

Lessons from recent combat experiences in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that UAVs can provide vastly improved acquisition and more rapid dissemination of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance ISR data. They are one of the principal contributors to successful outcomes for the United States in these campaigns. The benefits and promise offered by UAVs in surveillance, targeting and attack have captured the attention of senior military and civilian officials in the Defense Department DoD, members of Congress, and the public alike. Indeed, these recent combat operations appear to indicate that unmanned air systems have at last come of age.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
• *MILITARY OPERATIONS
• *DRONES
• WARFARE
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• IRAQ
• UNMANNED
• COMBAT VEHICLES
• TARGETING
• RECONNAISSANCE
• AFGHANISTAN

Subject Categories:

• Pilotless Aircraft
• Military Intelligence
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE