Mass Precision Strike: Designing UAV Complexes for Land Forces

Table of Contents

• _Hlk56610840 4
• Executive Summary 4
• Introduction 6
• I. UAV Design Trade-offs 9
• Airframe 9
• Propulsion and Power 12
• Navigation 14
• Datalinks 16
• Sensors 18
• Effectors 20
• Regulation 22
• II. Assembling the Complex 25
• Mission Sets 25
• Close ISR 27
• Close Strike 28
• Deep ISR 32
• Deep Strike 34
• Enabling Effects 37
• III. Fielding the Mass UAV Precision Complex 39
• Dependencies 39
• Scaling Effect 42
• Swarming and the Impact of Autonomy 45
• Conclusion 48
• About the Authors 51