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The Development of Air Escort Tactics for High-Value Airborne Assets Using Manned-Unmanned Teaming and the Study on Effective Force Disposition Using M&S

유무인 협업을 활용한 고가치 공중 자산의 호위 전술 개발과 M&S를 활용한 효과적인 전력배치 방안 연구

  • Park, Myunghwan (Department of Computer Science and Information, Korea Air Force Academy) ;
  • Yoo, Seunghoon (Department of Computer Science and Information, Korea Air Force Academy) ;
  • Oh, Jihyon (Aerospace Technology Research Institute, Agency for Defense Development) ;
  • Seol, Hyeonju (School of Integrated National Security, Chungnam National University)
  • 박명환 (공군사관학교 컴퓨터과학과) ;
  • 유승훈 (공군사관학교 컴퓨터과학과) ;
  • 오지현 (국방과학연구소 항공기술연구원) ;
  • 설현주 (충남대학교 국가안보융합학부)
  • Received : 2022.02.24
  • Accepted : 2022.07.15
  • Published : 2022.08.05
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Abstract

As the role of high-value air assets(e.g., AWACS, JSTARS, Rivet Joint, E-2) becomes more critical in modern warfare, the air escort for these assets blocking attacks from any potential enemy fighter also becomes vital. Without the escort, the operations of the assets become restricted. However, such an escort is not always possible due to the limited flight time of the escort fighters. In this paper, we introduce an escort tactics for high-value air assets performed by the manned-unmanned teaming composed of a transport aircraft and UAVs(unmanned aerial vehicles). In this tactics, the transport aircraft plays the role of an aircraft carrier, which carries, launches, and retrieves the UAVs. The missions of UAVs in this tactics are to detect and engage enemy fighters. We also introduce the simulation result of this tactics to identify the UAVs' required capabilities and optimal maneuvering.

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본 연구는 국방과학연구소의 지원(UD200021JD)에 의해 수행되었으며, 이에 감사드립니다.

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