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Global Hawk and DarkStar - Flight Test in the HAE UAV ACTD Program

Autor: Robert S. Leonard, Jeffrey A. Drezner

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Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: RAND

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An assessment of the manner in which new acquisition strategies affected the flight test program of...

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Autor

Robert S. Leonard, Jeffrey A. Drezner

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

1999

Stránek

114

EAN

9780833031136

ISBN

0833031139

Enbook ID

04733799

Vydavatel

RAND

Hmotnost

172

Rozměry

163 x 229 x 7

Kompletní popis

An assessment of the manner in which new acquisition strategies affected the flight test program of two high-altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicles. The past three decades have seen a number of less-than-successful efforts to develop high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles. In 1994, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, in conjunction with the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office, initiated an effort-designated the High-Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (HAE UAV ACTD) --whose goal was to facilitate the development of UAVs through the use of a new and innovative acquisition strategy. This report addresses the effect of that acquisition strategy on the flight test program of the two air vehicles: the conventional Global Hawk and the low-observable DarkStar. The authors found that because DarkStar was canceled after having logged only 6.5 flight hours, not enough flight experience was accumulated to allow for an understanding of the vehicle's flight characteristics or military utility. By contrast, Global Hawk accumulated ample experience to permit a demonstration of its military utility, achieving a level of performance that was close to predicted goals. The precise effect of the HAE UAV acquisition strategy remains the subject of debate. The strategy did, however, influence some key aspects of the flight test program, most notably its increased contractor involvement and its early operational testing in the form of user demonstrations. The flight test program also served to illustrate the vital need for early involvement of operational users to bolster the capabilities and perspective of the contractor. [AF]