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UAV

JRB (Aug 97)

CINC / SERVICE UAV

MISSION PRIORITIZATION

MISSION TUAV PREDATOR GLOBAL HAWK

Reconnaissance 1 1 1

-Imp Day / Night All Wx Surv

- Imp Target Geolocation (ITG)

- BDA

Signals Intelligence 6 2 2

Mine Countermeasures 2 6 12

Target Designation 3 3 9

Battle Management 4 8 7

Chem / Bio Reconnaissance 5 10 11

Counter Cam / Con / Deception 7 4 6

Electronic Warfare 8 7 4

Combat SAR 9 5 10

Communication / Data Relay 10 9 3

Information Warfare 11 11 5

Digital Mapping -- 12 8

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There have been several prioritizations of UAV payloads the past 10 years. As you can see, the most recent effort was blessed by the JRB in August 1997.You'll note that although they chose to use the term "Mission Prioritization", in fact it is a payload prioritization.As I said before, most of the payload needs are found in the RSTA arena, but I want all of us to think outside the box on UAV employment and operations.