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Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2011-2036 opportunities in test and evaluation (T&E) to facilitate competitive analysis is equally important to reduce developmental costs. The assembly line of activity involved in producing unmanned systems must address risk across the life cycle to address the new challenges of testing autonomous functionality in the initial stages, and evaluating the operation and support issues involved in sustainment for increasing reliability, availability, and maintainability. The emphasis on vignettes at a mission level only indirectly emphasizes the increasing need for an evolutionary capability in unmanned systems production that is resilient and responsive to the dynamic situation faced by today’s warfighter. New technology, methodologies, and human resourcing are critical for establishing rapid acquisition environments that maximize the potential for unmanned systems production. 2.3 Vignettes The following vignettes offer examples of the increased capability and flexibility inherent in unmanned systems as DoD continues to field unmanned technologies and integrate resulting systems into its existing force structure. These vignettes are not intended to present an exhaustive list of the possibilities, but rather to present a few examples to illustrate the vision described throughout this Roadmap. 2.3.1 Interoperability Across Domains Vignette, 2030s Location: Northern Pacific Littoral Areas Situation: The number and boldness of coordinated, provocative efforts between the Republic of Orangelandia (ROO) and the increasing number of radicalized Islamic nation-states within the tropic zones (± 20° latitude) have increased over the past 15 years. ROO has demonstrated a delivery capability for nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, and several radical Islamic nations now openly possess nuclear weapon technology. Although nuclear power’s role is expanding, oil remains the energy resource of preference even though gaining access to oil by Western nations has become increasingly constrained and expensive. The United States’ gross domestic product (GDP) is being challenged by China. Scenario: A 50-year-old, former Soviet-era, Akula class, nuclear-powered attack submarine sails out of ROO’s Molan harbor at night unobserved by Western reconnaissance satellites. Movements of ROO submarines are of high interest due to their rarity (fewer than a dozen occurrences a year) and primarily due to ROO’s status as a rogue, nuclear-capable nation-state. The submarine’s departure is detected by the underwater surveillance grid, which is monitoring vessel movements in and out of the ROO waters. Ahead of the submarine, a glider unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) is autonomously 6
Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2011-2036 detached from the local network to intercept the faster submarine. Closing to within 50 yards as the submarine passes, the UUV succeeds in attaching a tether to the submarine, which begins pulling the UUV along (see figure right). As the submarine dives below the UUV’s operating depth, the UUV adjusts the tether to maintain its position close to the surface. Every three hours, it glides to the surface and transmits a low-power position report. The position reports are received by an orbiting communications relay, Baton One, an EQ-25 UAS operating at 75,000 ft in the eastern Pacific region. The EQ-25 is an extreme-endurance UAS, capable of operating for two months on station without refueling. As the submarine enters the Sea of Okhotsk and heads toward the North Pacific Ocean, U.S. military commanders are faced with a decision. Despite the advanced battery technology of the UUV, the battery life is finite; therefore, the operators have three courses of action affecting their surveillance operation: (1) continue surveillance by shifting the orbit of Baton One to maintain reception range on the UUV, which will otherwise be lost in 12 hours (2) save the UUV by detaching it when its remaining power is still sufficient for it to recover itself (within three days) or (3) expend the UUV by keeping it attached until its power is exhausted (within six days). Because ROO submarines seldom sortie beyond the littoral seas of northeastern Asia, they decide to shift Baton One’s orbit and wait to decide the UUV’s fate until the submarine’s intent becomes clearer. By the third day, the submarine is heading toward the mid-Pacific and the Hawaiian Islands. Because the value of the mission exceeds the cost of the asset, the decision is made to expend the low-cost UUV to buy time for a naval anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ship to intercept and track the submarine. The following day, the submarine reverses course. Two days later, the stillattached UUV converts to beacon mode to conserve its dwindling power reserves, Baton One returns to its planned orbit, and the ASW ship turns for Pearl Harbor. A Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) UAS, MQ-4C, is launched from Guam to track the beacon. It recovers the beacon’s signal and determines that it is stationary. Autonomously descending with its internal airborne sense and avoid (ABSAA) system to maintain “due regard,” the BAMS UAS is able to visually acquire the UUV, floating in mid-ocean and no longer attached to the ROO submarine — potentially detached by the submarine’s crew. The submarine’s position and intent are now unknown. Ten days later, a weak seismic disturbance is detected 150 miles southeast of Anchorage, Alaska (see map below). Several minutes later, a much more significant event registers 3.5 on the Richter scale. An interagency DoD/homeland defense reconnaissance UAS is launched out of Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB) and detects a radiation plume emanating near Montague Island at the mouth of Prince William Sound. The UAS maps the plume as it begins spreading over the sound, and a U.S. Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter deployed from Kodiak employs its 7
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