3.4 MISSION AREAS OPEN TO UAS
Although EO/IR/SAR sensors have been the predominant payload fielded on DoD UA to date, Table 3.4-1 identifies a number of other payloads that have been previously flown on UA in proof-of-concept demonstrations. These demonstrations show that UA can perform the tasks inherent in most of these 17 mission areas, and therefore be a candidate solution for certain requirements. UA should be the preferred solution over manned counterparts when the requirements involve the familiar three jobs best left to UA: the dull (long dwell), the dirty (sampling for hazardous materials), and the dangerous (extreme exposure to hostile action). Table 3.4-1 is a representative cross section of other payloads that have been demonstrated on UA. It is not meant to be an all inclusive list.
SECTION 3 - REQUIREMENTS
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TABLE 3.4-1. UAS MISSION AREAS.
Requirements Justification for UA Use UA Experience
(Mission Areas) “Dull” “Dirty” “Dangerous” (UA/Payload, Place Demonstrated, Year)
ISR x x Pioneer, Exdrone, Pointer/Gulf War, 1990-91 Predator, Pioneer/Bosnia, 1995-2000 Hunter, Predator, Pioneer/Kosovo, 1999 Global Hawk, Predator, /Afghanistan, Iraq 2003 – Present Hunter, Pioneer, Shadow/Iraq-2003-Present
C2/Communications x Hunter/CRP, 1996; Exdrone/TRSS, 1998 Predator/ACN, 2000
Force Protection x x x Camcopter, Dragon Drone/Ft Sumner, 1999 FPASS, Dragon Eye, Pointer, Raven, Scan Eagle/Iraq -Present
SIGINT x x Pioneer/SMART, 1995 Hunter/LR-100/COMINT, 1996 Hunter/ORION, 1997 Global Hawk/German Demo, 2003; Iraq, 2004 -Present
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