AIR FORCE ACQUISITIONS OF COUNTER-UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
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Authors
Fagnant, Karl D.
Subjects
United States Air Force
acquisitions
counter-unmanned aircraft systems
C-sUAS
acquisitions
counter-unmanned aircraft systems
C-sUAS
Advisors
Mortlock, Robert F.
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2022-09
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Drones, more formally recognized as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), offer a wide variety of utility and great potential for harm. The U.S. Air Force and the rest of the Department of Defense (DOD) represent significant targets for UASs. Addressing the UAS threat that the Air Force is facing can be undertaken by looking at how the Air Force can employ an acquisition strategy by which it acquires counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) and delivers the capabilities of those systems to its Airmen. By exploring the DOD’s acquisition system and counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) and capabilities, this research argues for establishing an acquisition strategy of those systems. The research concludes by providing recommendations on how the Air Force can align itself with official and authoritative C-sUAS elements within the DOD to ultimately frame a C-sUAS acquisition strategy for the Air Force to utilize.
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Department of Defense Management (DDM)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.