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UAVs can be remote controlled aircraft (e.g. Flown by a pilot at a ground control station) or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans. The military role of UAVs is growing at unprecedented rates. In 2005, tactical and theater level unmanned aircraft (UA) had flown in the u.s.
UAVs can be remote controlled aircraft (e.g. Flown by a pilot at a ground control station) or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans. The military role of UAVs is growing at unprecedented rates. In 2005, tactical and theater level unmanned aircraft (UA) had flown in the u.s.
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UAVs can be remote controlled aircraft (e.g. Flown by a pilot at a ground control station) or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans. The military role of UAVs is growing at unprecedented rates. In 2005, tactical and theater level unmanned aircraft (UA) had flown in the u.s.
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be remote controlled aircraft (e.g. flown by a pilot at a ground control station) or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynamic automation systems. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) • UAVs are currently used for a number of missions, including reconnaissance and attack roles. For the purposes of this article, and to distinguish UAVs from missiles, a UAV is defined as being capable of controlled, sustained level flight and powered by a jet or reciprocating engine. In addition, a cruise missile can be considered to be a UAV, but is treated separately on the basis that the vehicle is the weapon. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
• The acronym UAV has been expanded in
some cases to UAVS (Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle System). The Federal Aviation Administration has adopted the acronym UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) to reflect the fact that these complex systems include ground stations and other elements besides the actual air vehicles. UAV types • UAVs typically fall into one of five categories (although multi-role airframe platforms are becoming more prevalent) • Target and decoy - providing ground and aerial gunnery a target that simulates an enemy aircraft or missile • Reconnaissance - providing battlefield intelligence • Combat - providing attack capability for high-risk missions (see Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) • Research and development - used to further develop UAV technologies to be integrated into field deployed UAV aircraft • Civil and Commercial UAVs - UAVs specifically designed for civil and commercial applications. U.S. UAV tier system • The modern concept of UAVs is to have the various aircraft systems work together in a coordinated effort to support the war fighters on the ground. • The integration scheme is described in terms of a "Tier" system, and is used by military planners to designate the various individual aircraft elements in an overall usage plan for integrated operations. • The Tiers do not refer to specific models of aircraft, but rather roles for which various models and their manufacturers competed. Unmanned Aircraft System – military role • The military role of UAS is growing at unprecedented rates. In 2005, tactical and theater level unmanned aircraft (UA) alone had flown over 100,000 flight hours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Rapid advances in technology are enabling more and more capability to be placed on smaller airframes which is spurring a large increase in the number of SUAS being deployed on the battlefield. Unmanned Aircraft System – military role • The use of SUAS in combat is so new that no formal DoD wide reporting procedures have been established to track SUAS flight hours. As the capabilities grow for all types of UAS, nations continue to subsidize their research and development leading to further advances enabling them to perform a multitude of missions. Superlative UAVs • Fastest: D-21 (Mach 4)—USA • Highest: Helios (96,500 ft)—USA • Biggest (size): Helios (246-ft wingspan)— USA • Biggest (weight): RQ-4 Global Hawk (25,600 lbs)—USA • Smallest (size/weight): Black Widow (6- inch diameter/2.0 oz)—USA Superlative UAVs • Longest flight (duration): Heron UAV (52 hours) —Israel • Longest flight (distance): RQ-4 Global Hawk (8,580 miles) - USA • Most expensive: RQ-4 Global Hawk ($40 million) —USA • First Trans-Atlantic flight: Aerosonde (Aug. 20- 21, 1998)—USA • First Trans-Pacific flight: RQ-4 Global Hawk (Apr. 22-23, 2001)—USA Unmanned Aircraft System – military role • UAS no longer only perform intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, although this still remains their predominant type. Their roles have expanded to areas including electronic attack (EA), strike missions, suppression and/or destruction of enemy air defense ([SEAD]/DEAD), network node or communications relay, combat search and rescue (CSAR), and derivations of these themes. Unmanned Aircraft System – military role • These UAS range in cost from a few thousand dollars to tens of millions of dollars, and the aircraft used in these systems range in size from a Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) weighing less than one pound to large aircraft weighing over 40,000 pounds.