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can manage itself and communication across the multiple platforms (i.e. radio, cellular,
SATCOM, etc.); c.) a silicon chip radio with the ability to communicate across the RF
spectrum; d.) a miniaturized mobile power source to give the individual soldier the most
powerful, long lasting energy source on the battlefield; and finally, e.) miniaturized and
integrated associated super tag circuitry (i.e. RFID, GPS and silicon radio, etc. 3) Tier
two research and development investments should include: a.) wearable computer
systems, antennas and power systems; b.) integration of super tag protocol across all
military weapon systems and communications platforms; and, c.) development of an
radio frequency tag dart device and delivery system for soldiers to fire with their
weapons.
Improving Situational Awareness during CBRN and Hazardous Material Response via
Unmanned Aerial Systems
Philip E. Goff, Major, USAF
There is a significant shortfall in our ability to provide continuous surveillance of
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) materials in a “hot zone.”
Current CBRN response doctrine has a fully-protected, manned team enter a potentiallycontaminated
area with several pieces of equipment to test the air and let command and
control know the results. If the team is wearing an air pack, their endurance is thirty to
forty-five minutes; if they are wearing a traditional gas mask, their limit can be two to
three hours. Once the team leaves the hot zone, all situational awareness is lost.
Likewise, current technology in sampling equipment prohibits ubiquitous,
accurate measurements needed to make scientifically-based decisions. Current
equipment is too slow, too bulky, unreliable, and inaccurate. Advances in technology, if
channeled properly via an autonomous unmanned aerial system-of-systems, will fill this