Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | RAND
Jan 8, 2024 · An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an aircraft that carries no human pilot or passengers. UAVs--sometimes called drones--can be fully or partially autonomous but are more often controlled remotely by a human pilot. RAND research has contributed to the public discussion on the use of drones for warfare and surveillance.
Armed and Dangerous? UAVs and U.S. Security | RAND
Apr 7, 2014 · Armed UAV systems are not transformative weapons, though they offer the United States some significant advantages, particularly against enemies that lack air defenses. It is plausible, though not necessarily likely, that a substate group might employ armed drones to create a significant psychological effect.
Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Blood Delivery
Oct 18, 2019 · Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are proliferating in both commercial and military markets. Blood makes for an interesting UAV delivery case study because blood products (whole blood, red blood cells, and platelets) have a finite shelf life and unique constraints regarding how they must be transported and stored.
Operating Low-Cost, Reusable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in …
May 11, 2020 · The authors of this report summarize early thinking and analysis about how the U.S. Air Force might employ a force of "attritable"—low-cost and reusable—unmanned aerial vehicles in a demanding conventional warfighting scenario.
Chinese Strategists Evaluate the Use of 'Kamikaze' Drones in the …
Nov 7, 2023 · [It can also] send the data to anti-UAV units and implement jamming against the satellite navigation receiver on the loiter munition.” Finally, protective armor is mentioned as a last line of defense. This Chinese evaluation remarks on the ad hoc defensive armor seen installed on Russian and Ukrainian tanks and vehicles.
Emerging Technology and Risk Analysis - RAND Corporation
Feb 15, 2024 · Researchers provide an assessment of the risk to the U.S. homeland from intelligent swarm technology using unmanned aerial systems or drones. They consider technology availability, threat, vulnerability, and consequences over the next decade.
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle . 1 1. Introduction and Overview: Employing Attritable Unmanned Aerial ...
Jul 9, 2018 · UAV for Logistical Resupply and Emergency Delivery..... xii S.2. Design Specifications of the AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven, Zipline Zip 1, and Our One-Size-Fits-All Platform.... xv 1.1. DoD UAV Group Classifications with Examples..... 2 2.1. Mission Parameters for Studies at the Johns Hopkins
1 Chapter One Introduction As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) rapidly evolve, regulators around the world are
Operation Enduring Freedom: An Assessment | RAND
Dec 12, 2005 · The war saw the first combat use of the new Global Hawk high-altitude, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the first operational use of Predator UAVs armed with Hellfire missiles, and the first combat use of the highly accurate, all-weather Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) by the B …