Unmanned Aerial Vehicle End-to-End Support Considerations (Paperback)

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 testing and evaluation, training, and plans for future enhancements. Evaluating current UAV systems reveals that fielding a new capability quickly can have consequences for its long-term support. Here, the authors focus on current support postures and evaluate methods for improving current postures that may also be applied to future systems. Areas the Air Force should consider for future developments include budgeting to resolve issues that arise during testing and evaluation, training issues, and planning for standardization with future use of spiral development.