By harnessing solar power, they offer compelling advantages, including greatly prolonged flight endurance, reduced reliance on fossil fuels, and cost-effectiveness.
Manned-Unmanned Teaming in People''s Liberation Army Discourse of Intelligent Warfare China''s military planners, likely shaped by a Marxist worldview, generally embrace an evolutionary view of
The solar cells were used as a primary power source during day flights, while the fuel cells acted as the primary power source during night flights. Additionally, their studies applied an active
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International''s (AUVSI''s) Unmanned Systems and Robotics Database–Air Platforms served as a source for data on current and historical UAS
An exploratory analysis of China''s development and use of unmanned systems focuses on maritime unmanned systems, the roles China sees for them, Chinese development of unmanned
As the U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF) accelerates its testing of manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) concepts and further integrates the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program into
In this project, we propose to investigate the development of a battery-free UAV that can survive in the air and sustain long-term missions by
KEY FINDINGS Unmanned aerial systems (UASs), or drone technologies, for both individual systems and for surrogate swarms represent a current threat and, in the case of intelligent
SUMMARY To better understand trends in Chi-nese unmanned systems research, development, acquisi-tion, and employment, and their potential implications, RAND undertook exploratory analysis
One intriguing approach is to employ large numbers of relatively low-cost, attritable—low-cost, reusable, and ultimately expendable—unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to perform a variety of tasks in support
Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) or drone technologies, both individual systems and swarms of UASs, have proliferated over the past 25 years for a wide variety of applications. As a
In 2016, during coalition operations against the Islamic State, defense leaders started characterizing drones, especially small-unmanned aircraft systems, as a threat to U.S. military personnel and
RAND''s research on uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) analyzes their roles in defense, intelligence, and civilian applications. Studies focus on technology advancement, operational