Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades

Options to Improve Acquisition and Accountability

Frank Camm, Kenneth Girardini, Terrence K. Kelly

ResearchPublished Apr 8, 2025

The authors assessed the implications of integrating additional Group 1 and 2 uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs) for reconnaissance, fires, and other purposes below the division echelon. They derived implications for institutional and unit training, training support, and other institutional functions needed for success, such as how small UASs (SUASs) are acquired and accounted for and support functions needed for large-scale combat operations with a peer competitor.

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Camm, Frank, Kenneth Girardini, and Terrence K. Kelly, Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Options to Improve Acquisition and Accountability, RAND Corporation, RR-A2642-3, 2025. As of April 30, 2025: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2642-3.html

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Camm, Frank, Kenneth Girardini, and Terrence K. Kelly, Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Options to Improve Acquisition and Accountability. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2025. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2642-3.html.
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