Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | RAND
Jan 8, 2024 · An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an aircraft that carries no human pilot or passengers. UAVs--sometimes called drones--can be fully or partially autonomous but are more often controlled remotely by a human pilot. RAND research has contributed to the public discussion on the use of drones for warfare and surveillance.
Feasibility of Laser Power Transmission to a High-Altitude …
Jun 9, 2011 · Solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have demonstrated interesting capabilities for high altitude and long endurance. However, current solar-powered UAVs are extremely light and fragile and have small payloads.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle End-to-End Support Considerations
Oct 5, 2005 · Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used successfully in recent combat operations, such as operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. These successes have confirmed the military utility of UAVs and portend that a greater number of such vehicles may become part of the DoD’s future force posture.
Emerging Technology and Risk Analysis - RAND Corporation
Feb 15, 2024 · Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) or drone technologies, both individual systems and swarms of UASs, have proliferated over the past 25 years for a wide variety of applications. As a result, this technology and the ability to employ these UAS capabilities represent both a current and a growing threat as the technology continues to mature.
contested battlespace of small, inexpensive, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to perform a variety of functions, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); position, navigation, and timing (PNT); communications; and strike. The low-cost attritable aircraft
photos of different UAV and unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) systems that have appeared on the Internet over the past few years. One prominent example is a long-endurance reconnaissance UAV that was revealed on Chinese websites in late 2013.10 Indeed, according to the U.S. Department of
Operating Low-Cost, Reusable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in …
May 11, 2020 · One intriguing approach is to employ large numbers of relatively low-cost, attritable—reusable, and ultimately expendable—unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to perform a variety of tasks in support of joint force defensive campaigns. This could allow land-based forces to generate and sustain airpower without relying on fixed base ...
Emerging Trends in China's Development of Unmanned Systems
Mar 12, 2015 · To better understand trends in Chinese unmanned systems research, development, acquisition, and employment, and their potential implications, RAND undertook exploratory analysis to lay an initial foundation for future research on China's development and use of unmanned systems, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs), and unmanned surface vessels (USVs).
The Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Acquisition Process
There is a long history of efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the weapon acquisition process. The purpose of this case study is to understand how one such program, the High Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (HAE UAV), has benefited from certain changes from established acquisition procedures.
Jul 9, 2018 · Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increas-ingly popular and have many potential applications. This analysis con - siders autonomous UAVs for medical resupply missions, in particular a blood delivery case study. We develop a design optimization tool that allows users to quickly assess small UAV designs. We believe the frame-