Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades

Small UAS and Counter-UAS Training

Dwight Phillips, Bradford T. Duplessis, Hunter Stoll, Terrence K. Kelly, Timothy Parker

ResearchPublished Apr 8, 2025

The authors identified options for the Army to field and employ small uncrewed aircraft systems (SUAS) at the division, BCT and battalion levels to enhance fire support capabilities. Expanded employment of uncrewed aircraft systems at scale brings implications across doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy (DOTMLPF-P), including how the Army organizes and trains soldiers for SUAS operations as another combined arms tool. The authors also address training issues and counter-uncrewed aircraft systems (C-UAS) considerations.

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Phillips, Dwight, Bradford T. Duplessis, Hunter Stoll, Terrence K. Kelly, and Timothy Parker, Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Small UAS and Counter-UAS Training, RAND Corporation, RR-A2642-5, 2025. As of April 30, 2025: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2642-5.html

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Phillips, Dwight, Bradford T. Duplessis, Hunter Stoll, Terrence K. Kelly, and Timothy Parker, Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Small UAS and Counter-UAS Training. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2025. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2642-5.html.
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