Fiscal Year	2020
Division	Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
Department	Operations Research
Investigator(s)	Lucas, Thomas W.
Sponsor	Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DoD)
Summary	Irregular forces using improvised weapons will continue to threaten United States forces and citizens for the foreseeable future. One rapidly increasing improvised threat comes from weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-perhaps as a means of delivering chemical or biological payloads. Finding the systems to most effectively counter UAV threats, including swarms, as well as developing robust tactics for their use, is complicated by a dearth of empirical data, a constantly evolving threat, and the large number of factors that must be considered. This research will use advanced data farming methods to conduct thousands of efficiently designed virtual experiments to explore counter-UAV systems and accompanying tactics. The analysis will be conducted by a team that includes US military student-officers with relevant operational experience and dedicated research associates with expertise in simulation and design and analysis of experiments. The analysis will quantify potential UAV threats, assess counter-UAV systems and tactics, and inform system performance requirements.
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