Shaping the future of naval warfare with unmanned systems

227981667NTIS Invoice: 21910;NTIS Order #:ADA397057PDFResearch PaperCSS/TR-01/09Naval aircraftSystems engineeringDeploymentNaval Surface Warfare Center (U.S.). Dahlgren DivisionSummey, D. C.Rodriguez, R. R.Demartino, D. P.Portmann, H. H.Moritz, E.NTL-AVIATION-AVIATIONNTL-AVIATION-Aviation Planning and PolicyUS Transportation CollectionThis report presents the findings of a study conducted for the purpose of understanding how unmanned systems can enhance the readiness of U.S. Naval forces. The document presents reasons why unmanned systems should be adopted by the Navy, and makes the case for coordinating the development of unmanned systems technology across all major warfare areas. Following the systems engineering methodology, the study team identified Navy capabilities that unmanned systems can support, and defined functional elements that unmanned systems must have in order to fulfill the selected capabilities. The analysis showed that a limited number of payloads installed on four types of modular unmanned platforms is sufficient to support a wide range of major capabilities. The report also describes a concept for transportation and deployment of unmanned systems based on the use of standard shipping containers. this approach minimizes the impact of unmanned components on Fleet combatants while allowing unmanned platforms to perform assigned tasks in a timely manner