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Title

Applications for Navy unmanned aircraft systems / Brien Alkire, ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2010.

Supplementary Content

http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2010/RAND_MG957.pdf

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Additional Authors

• Alkire, Brien.
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
• Rand Corporation.

Description

xxviii, 66 p. : col. ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This monograph presents the results of a limited study performed by the RAND Corporation to evaluate the Navy's ongoing and proposed unmanned aircraft system (UAS) programs and to describe the most promising applications of UASs to operational tasks. Completed in September 2008, the study does not provide an exhaustive look at all DoD missions for UAS. However, it does discuss the strengths and weaknesses of manned and unmanned aircraft for certain missions of importance to the Navy. We emphasized traditional Navy missions rather than Navy contributions to irregular warfare, though we included an examination of a few nontraditional missions such as counter-piracy. The study was sponsored by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Assessment (OPNAV N81).

Series Statement

Rand Corporation monograph series

Uniform Title

Rand Corporation monograph series.

Subject

• United States. Navy > Weapons systems
• United States. Navy > Aviation
• Drone aircraft > United States
• Airplanes, Military > United States
• Air warfare

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references: p. 63-66.

Funding (note)

• The research described in this report was prepared for the United States Navy. The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community under Contract W74V8H-06-C-0002.

Call Number

JFE 10-5337

ISBN

• 0833049658
• 9780833049650

OCLC

642464827

Title

Applications for Navy unmanned aircraft systems / Brien Alkire, ... [et al.].

Imprint

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, 2010.

Series

Rand Corporation monograph series

Rand Corporation monograph series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references: p. 63-66.

Funding

The research described in this report was prepared for the United States Navy. The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community under Contract W74V8H-06-C-0002.

Connect to:

http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2010/RAND_MG957.pdf

Added Author

Alkire, Brien.

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Rand Corporation.

Research Call Number

JFE 10-5337