Executive Summary - NASA

UAV Roadmap 2002 – Section 3Requirementspedigree, joint in perspective, and reexamined annually, so their requirements remainboth current and auditable over the years. Taken as a whole, they are the only source toenumerate worldwide (vice Service- or theater-centric) requirements.Of the 117 requirements submitted in the latest (2002) combined IPLs for fundingin the FY03-08 FYDP, 42 (36 percent) identified needed capabilities that couldpotentially be filled by using UAVs. Four of the 42 specifically identified “UAVs” as adesired solution to the stated requirement. All but one of these capabilities havepreviously been associated in some form (a flight demonstration, a technical study, etc.)with UAVs, as shown in Table 3.2-1. These 42 requirements can be organized into 17mission areas, as shown in Figure 3.2-1.17 UAV-Related Mission Areas36%FIGURE 3.2-1: IPL PRIORITIES LINKED TO UAV MISSIONS.Although EO/IR/SAR sensors have been the predominant payload fielded on DoDUAVs to date, Table 3.2-1 shows a number of other payloads have been previously flownon UAVs in proof-of-concept demonstrations. These demonstrations have shown UAVscan perform the tasks inherent in most of these 17 mission areas. They show that UAVscan be a candidate solution for certain requirements. UAVs should be the preferredsolution over their manned counterparts when those requirements involve the familiarthree jobs best left to UAVs: the dull (long dwell), the dirty (sampling for hazardousmaterials), and the dangerous (extreme exposure to hostile action).26