The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group (WEG) proposes to replace one of the existing subscale drone recovery boat docks at Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB) to better support the Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) program. During aquatic recoveries of drones, the drone is retrieved from the water by the Missile Retriever (MR) boat and is transported by the MR boat to the Drone Water Recovery Center (DWRC) docking facility. The drone recovery dock proposed to be replaced at the DWRC docking facility is deteriorated and damaged beyond repair due to the effects of old age, salt, and hurricanes. In addition to its poor condition, the dock is undersized for adequate docking of the MR boats.
Environmental Assessment: Construction and Operation of an Alternate Drone Launch System at Tyndall Air Force Base
2008
83 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Civil Engineering , Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies , Environmental Health & Safety , Air force facilities , Docks , Environmental assessment , Air quality , Construction , Cultural resources , Drones , Geology , Land use , Launching , Launching sites , Natural resources , Noise , Soils , Topography , Transportation , Water resources , Drone recovery boat docks , Alternate drone launch systems , Biological resources , Environmental compliance , Environmental justice , Fonpa(finding of no practicable alternative) , Fonsi(finding of no significant impact) , Socioeconomics