Louis R. Moore

In this book, RAND provides an evaluation of the Navy's ongoing and proposed unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) programs and describes the most promising applications of those UASs to the Navy1s operational tasks. The book identifies robust communications as a key enabler for UASs in many operational tasks and recommends steps the Navy can take to ensure these communications are available.

Decisionmaking within the Future Battle Command structure will demand an increasing ability to comprehend and structure information on the battlefield. Decision aids must be modified accordingly.Using information about friendly and enemy forces and the terrain, and a RAND-developed model that incorporates a genetic algorithm, this book determines preferred Blue routes around Red forces, and allocates forces to these routes.

Offers some initial observations into the internetting of fires process and a foundation for understanding its relationship to combat outcome. For the Army's future force, what is the appropriate mix of weapons to provide a given outcome, and how might these weapons be employed? This research offers some initial observations into the internetting of fires process, Othe ability to engage a particular target using any number of potential firers who are able to engage due to being on the network which provides targeting information, O along with a foundation for understanding its relationship to combat outcome.