NPS Field Experimentation Program for Special Operations (FEPSO) TNT 13-3 Final Report

Abstract

The NPS Field Experimentation Program was initiated in FY02 to Provide an opportunity for NPS faculty and students to evaluate New technologies from their research in a field environment. These efforts were continued and integrated to create a cooperative Effort with USSOCOM (S&T and J9) that began In FY03. TNT 13-3 Marked the this decade long USSOCOM-NPS field experimentation cooperative. This technical report serves to document this final event This report provides a consolidated analysis of event statistics and technological trends, to include unmanned autonomous system (UxS) activities from 2010 to 2013. The appendixes contain the Request for Information (RFI), list of experiments and schedule, experiment descriptions and after action reports. With the exception of the appendixes, this document reflects the opinions of the authors and does not represent the official policy or position of the Naval Postgraduate School, the United States Navy, or any other government organization. The data in the appendices were provided by the participants and have only been edited for clarity. Appendices C & D are Distribution B and will be published via a separate report.