Editor's Note: Established by Gen Ronald R Fogleman when he was chief of staff, the Air Force's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Battlelab became operational on 1 July 1997 as part of the original six Air Force battlelabs. The battlelab concept emerged from the Air Force's long-range planning effort and the publication of Global Engagement: A Vision for the 21 st Century Air Force. The mission of this battlelab is to rapidly identify and demonstrate the military worth of innovative concepts that exploit unique characteristics of UAVs to advance the Air Force's combat capability. (See the UAV Battlelab Web site at https://intranet.eglin.af mil/UAVB.)
THE AIR FORCE'S UAV Battlelab (UAVB) has ...