This work describes and illustrates a method for determining command, control, and communications (C3) requirements for remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The effort was limited to airborne platforms and investigation of the following issues: manned versus unmanned aircraft; unmanned aircraft as RECON/DESIGNATION platform; unmanned aircraft as weapon delivery platform; C3 requirements for unmanned aircraft; and unmanned aircraft system cost effectiveness. Warsaw Pact forces will be led and employed according to Soviet operational doctrine which calls for offensive operations with highly mobile, deeply echeloned, and numerically superior land forces, supported by air and sea power. This massive enemy threat indicates a requirement that the maximum number of forces be detected, identified, and destroyed prior to engaging friendly forces. Destruction of enemy forces can be accomplished with artillery, attack helicopters, and close air support, if those targets can be identified and located with sufficient accuracy for timely targeting.
A Methodology for Determining Command, Control, and Communications (C3) Requirements for Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs) and Unmanned Drone Aircraft
1980
72 pages
Report
No indication
English
Common Carrier & Satellite , Avionics , Command and control systems , Communication and radio systems , Remotely piloted vehicles , Drones , Unmanned , Aerial reconnaissance , Target designators , Weapon delivery , Cost effectiveness , Strategic analyses , Military requirements , Aerial warfare , Automation , Risk , Theses , C3(Command control and communications)