By bringing together a plot of the predicted appearance of the listed capabilities in Table 6.1-1 with the timeline of current/planned DoD UAS programs (shown earlier in Figure 2.0-1), a Roadmap of opportunities for applying emerging capabilities to forthcoming UAS is created. The upper half of Figure
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6.1-1 plots the predicted appearance of these capabilities over the next 25 years, with the date of each centered within a 5-year window of estimated initial availability for fielding. As an example of its use (see dotted lines on Figure 6.1-1), the information processing speed needed to extract the presence of sea mines in surf zones in real time from UA video (some 1.8 THz) should become available between 2015 and 2020, which corresponds to the planned introduction of the naval variant of J-UCAS, making this a reasonable capability to express as a requirement for it, if desired.
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6.2 UAS MISSIONS ROADMAP
Unmanned aviation has historically been limited to the reconnaissance (Firebee, Global Hawk) and strike (DASH, Predator) missions. Reconnaissance is now a well-established mission for UAS, complementing manned aircraft in this role. Lessons learned from these ISR platforms point the way to concepts of operations (CONOPs) that, to some extent, have already brought advantages to the Services and Combatant Commanders. Aircraft with inhuman endurance bring persistent surveillance at reduced sortie levels. Fewer flight hours are “lost” due to reduced time otherwise needed for transit time in shorter
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