Changing Paradigm in Small UAS *Affordability

(*The impacts of Attrition)

IntroductionIntroduction

• Rigor

• Attribution• ROE

DullDullDirtyDirtyDangeroDangerousus

Context….

AttritableAttritable = = ExpendableExpendable

-Sr. Defense Official

-Graham Warwick, Flight Global

Affordability: Affordability: Function of cost, priority, and Function of cost, priority, and availability of fiscal and availability of fiscal and manpower resources.manpower resources.

Attrition Attrition

AffordabilityAffordability

AffordabilityAffordability – Price– Price

• UAS are ubiquitousUAS are ubiquitous• An integral part of OOB (Order of An integral part of OOB (Order of

Battle)Battle)• Often used in go/no go criteria Often used in go/no go criteria • Directly impacts operational Directly impacts operational

effectiveness and personal safetyeffectiveness and personal safety

AffordabilityAffordability – Operational– Operational

AffordabilityAffordability – Technology– Technology

UAS video stealingUAS video stealing

Advanced Payload and systems Advanced Payload and systems DevelopmentDevelopment

“Terrorists Use 'Skygrabber' to Download Predator Video$26 Piece of Software Compromises Intelligence Gathering Drones” – Yahoo News

“China, Russia stealing U.S. drone technology CBS news Bob Orr reports U.S. intelligence has warned of a threat to America's security, identifying Russia and China as culprits.”

Affordability Affordability – Personal and – Personal and PoliticalPolitical• Cost of asset recovery Cost of asset recovery

and personal safetyand personal safety• Putting the warfighter Putting the warfighter

back in the loopback in the loop• ContainmentContainment

U.S. Weighed Options to Recover, Destroy Drone in IranPublished December 07, 2011FoxNews.com

Affordability, Attrition Affordability, Attrition – The Next – The Next MarketMarket

“…“…Federal agencies that employ unmanned Federal agencies that employ unmanned aircraft systems technology in the national aircraft systems technology in the national airspace system, and the unmanned aircraft airspace system, and the unmanned aircraft systems industry, shall develop a systems industry, shall develop a comprehensive plan to comprehensive plan to safely accelerate the safely accelerate the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.”into the national airspace system.”

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