
Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles | RAND
Jun 2, 2025 · A recent executive order aims to make the United States a leader in drone technology, balancing rapid unmanned aerial system growth and innovation with the need to …
Emerging Technology and Risk Analysis: Unmanned Aerial Systems ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Researchers provide an assessment of the risk to the U.S. homeland from intelligent swarm technology using unmanned aerial systems or drones. They consider …
SUMMARY To better understand trends in Chi-nese unmanned systems research, development, acquisi-tion, and employment, and their potential implications, RAND undertook exploratory …
Operating Low-Cost, Reusable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in …
May 11, 2020 · The authors of this report summarize early thinking and analysis about how the U.S. Air Force might employ a force of "attritable"—low-cost and reusable—unmanned aerial …
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle End-to-End Support Considerations
Oct 5, 2005 · Evaluating current end-to-end support postures for certain UAV systems revealed that fielding a new capability quickly can have consequences for its long-term support and for …
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 …
About This Report This report documents research and analysis conducted as part of a project entitled Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to Support Fires at Division, Brigade Combat Team …
Feasibility of Laser Power Transmission to a High-Altitude …
Jun 9, 2011 · Solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have demonstrated interesting capabilities for high altitude and long endurance. However, current solar-powered UAVs are …
Emerging Trends in China's Development of Unmanned Systems
Mar 12, 2015 · 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 …
Jul 9, 2018 · Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increas-ingly popular and have many potential applications. This analysis con-siders autonomous UAVs for medical …