Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems in Divisional Brigades

Résumé du livre

"Small uncrewed aircraft systems (SUAS) present a major opportunity and challenge for the U.S. Army. Army units and organizations are actively experimenting with SUAS and developing new approaches for using them, providing insights into the Army's requirements for using SUAS at different organization levels. SUAS capabilities are rapidly evolving, which makes the task of fielding and maintaining cutting-edge SUAS-enabled forces more challenging. Exploiting the many opportunities that SUAS present will require the Army to train as it will fight and overcome substantial force-integration challenges. To examine these issues, the XVIII Airborne Corps asked RAND researchers to identify options for the Army to select, field, and employ SUAS and to assess the implications of integrating additional SUAS for reconnaissance, fires, and other purposes below the division echelon. The authors conducted interviews with Army and private-sector experts and reviewed applicable literature and databases related to SUAS. In this report, the authors identify materiel requirements for using SUAS effectively, develop case studies of such use, and demonstrate improvements to acquiring, training with, and managing SUAS. This volume is the first of a five-part series and provides an overview of the study, including short summaries from the other volumes in this series."--