The U.S. Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Strategic Vision

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Abstract:

Over the past decade, remotely piloted aircraft RPAs and unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs have proven their worth in operations around the world.1 The Air Force and the Department of Defense DoD are working to increase the capabilities of existing unmanned systems and to develop new systems with improved capabilities. To this end, Air Force efforts are consistent with the Air Force Concepts of Operations CONOPS and the Air Force Transformation Flight Plan. The creation of The U.S. Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Strategic Vision hereafter referred to as The Strategic Vision was recommended in the Air Forces Future Capabilities Game 2004 Final Report and approved by General John Jumper, then Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Its purposes are to describe the current RPA and UAV development in historic context to describe the major challenges facing RPA and UAV developers, operators, and policy-makers to make recommendations for overcoming those challenges and to describe the path forward for development of Air Force RPAs and UAVs and their integration into Air Force, joint, and coalition plans, operations, and capabilities over the next 20-25 years.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA495209
Pagination:
0041

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
USAF
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_2.1.1_Define and Prioritize Requirements; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_7.1.1_Prevent Kinetic Attack; JCA_7.1_Prevent; JCA_5.3.1_Analyze Problem; JCA_2.1.2_Develop Strategies; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_2.2_Collection; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_4.2_Supply
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Autonomy
Descriptor(s):
*DRONES, *REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLES, AIR FORCE PLANNING, HISTORY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Pilotless Aircraft
Keyword(s):
UAVS(UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES)
Report Date:
2004 Jan 01
Creation Date:
2009 Apr 01