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Unmanned combat aerial vehicles: Dawn of a new age?
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Aerospace Power Journal
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July 1, 2002
- Author:
- Chapman, Robert E II
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Copyright informationCopyright U.S. Superintendent of Documents Summer 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Editorial Abstract: The use of unmanned combat aerial vehicles in the skies over Afghanistan is just beginning to awaken the Air Force to the enormous potential of these aircraft. In this informative article, Colonel Chapman summarizes current developments regarding these vehicles and gives us a glimpse into their possible employment in the future.
SHE DEPARTMENT OF Defense (DOD) has recently accelerated efforts to develop unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV)-aircraft that can launch, attack, and recover without crew members aboard. Advocates contend that an array of technologies has now matured to the point that fielding an operational UCAV is both feasible and desirable. UCAV ...
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