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Counter-unmanned aircraft system (CUAS) capability for battalion-and-below operations / Committee on Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (CUAS) Capability for Battalion-and-Below Operations, Board on Army Science and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Consensus study report.
- Consensus study report
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drone aircraft--United States.
- Drone aircraft.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (49 pages)
- Edition:
- Abbreviated version of a restricted report.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- The development of inexpensive small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) technologies and the growing desire of hobbyists to have more and more capability have created a sustained sUAS industry, however these capabilities are directly enabling the ability of adversaries to threaten U.S. interests. In response to these threats, the U.S. Army and other Department of Defense (DoD) organizations have invested significantly in counter-sUAS technologies, often focusing on detecting radio frequency transmissions by sUASs and/or their operators, and jamming the radio frequency command and control links and Global Positioning System signals of individual sUASs. However, today's consumer and customized sUASs can increasingly operate without radio frequency command and control links by using automated target recognition and tracking, obstacle avoidance, and other software-enabled capabilities. The U.S. Army tasked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study to address the above concerns. In particular, the committee was asked to assess the sUAS threat, particularly when massed and collaborating; assess current capabilities of battalion-and- below infantry units to counter sUASs; identify counter-sUAS technologies appropriate for near- term, mid-term, and far-term science and technology investment; consider human factors and logistics; and determine if the Department of Homeland Security could benefit from DoD efforts. This abbreviated report provides background information on the full report and the committee that prepared it.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-45816-1
- 0-309-45814-5
- OCLC:
- 1030816143
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