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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction............................................................................................................ 1
1.1 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 SCOPE .............................................................................................................................. 1
1.3 DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................... 1
1.4 WHY UNMANNED AIRCRAFT? ......................................................................................... 1
2.0 Current UAS........................................................................................................... 3
2.1 MAJOR UAS .................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 CONCEPT EXPLORATION UAS ....................................................................................... 15
2.3 SPECIAL OPERATIONS UAS ........................................................................................... 20
2.4 SMALL UAS................................................................................................................... 26
2.5 UNMANNED AIRSHIPS.................................................................................................... 32
2.6 UAS PROGRAMMATIC DATA ......................................................................................... 37
2.7 UAS WORLDWIDE GROWTH.......................................................................................... 38
3.0 Requirements........................................................................................................ 41
3.1 HISTORICALLY VALIDATED UAS ROLES....................................................................... 41
3.2 COMBATANT COMMANDER REQUIREMENTS FOR UAS .................................................. 41
3.3 MISSION REQUIREMENTS RANKED FOR UAS................................................................. 42
3.4 MISSION AREAS OPEN TO UAS ..................................................................................... 43
3.5 INTEROPERABILITY ........................................................................................................ 45
4.0 Technologies ......................................................................................................... 47
4.1 PROCESSOR TECHNOLOGIES........................................................................................... 48
4.2 COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ................................................................................. 49
4.3 PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES............................................................................................ 51 中国航空网 www.aero.cn 航空翻译 www.aviation.cn 本文链接地址：无人机系统路线图 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap(3)
