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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as Assisting Tools in Dismounted Company Attack

Authors:
Tapio Saarelainen

Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), dismounted company attack, real-time data, military decision making process

Abstract:
This paper presents an idea-phase introduction of how to utilize swarms of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in performing a dismounted company attack. UAVs are used in the process of data gathering and as tools to increase overall Situational Awareness (SA). A company represents a basic military unit performing time-critical tasks whose completion is mandatory for operational survival. The discussed idea-stage solution relies on using UAVs as tools of military commanders to act as data collectors, hub-stations and tools to gather data from the areas of interest. Since the tempo of operations at tactical level (battalion and below) has increased, the amount and type of data gathered are crucial in terms of operational success. The need for timely and accurate data from a designated area is necessary for improved decision making process, which is dependable on Situational Awareness and Common Operational Picture (COP). Once the critical data have been gathered and analyzed, UAVs act as versatile assisting tools in military operations in the roles of collecting and forwarding data to support processes of control and command. The main contribution of this paper is to identify the possibilities and the process of how to improve the overall performance of military troops by utilizing UAVs as assisting tools in gathering real-time data required for decision making.

Pages: 19 to 27

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: April 19, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3964

ISBN: 978-1-61208-396-4

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from April 19, 2015 to April 24, 2015