Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Jul 23, 2009

Department of Defense

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General William Fraser and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Lieutenant General David Deptula talked about the importance, growth, and future projections for Air Force unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations. Colonel Eric Mathewson, Air Force UAS Task Force director, .. Read More
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General William Fraser and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Lieutenant General David Deptula talked about the importance, growth, and future projections for Air Force unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations. Colonel Eric Mathewson, Air Force UAS Task Force director, then highlighted the UAS Flight Plan.

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00:00:02 Unidentified Speaker GOVERNMENT? PARTLY?
00:00:04 Unidentified Speaker HOW IS C-SPAN FUNDED? 30 YEARS AGO, AMERICA'S CABLE COMPANIES CREATED C-SPAN AS A PUBLIC SERVICE,...
00:00:17 Unidentified Speaker NOW A PENTAGON BRIEFING ON THE AIR FORCE'S PLANS TO INCREASE THE USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. THIS LASTS...
00:00:26 Unidentified Speaker BECAUSE AS YOU SAW IN THIS OPENING VIDEO THAT WE SHOWED YOU, THE FUTURE OF OUR SYSTEM IS REALLY NOW....
00:04:08 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. LET ME ADD MY THANKS FOR YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. I THOUGHT WHAT I WOULD DO RIGHT...
00:14:09 Unidentified Speaker WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. I GOT TO ADMIT, I'M RATHER EXCITED TO BE HERE. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY ...
00:28:06 Unidentified Speaker FIRST, WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN GOALS FOR THE AIR FORCE'S UAS PROGRAM IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN IN...
00:28:38 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY, I'M PROBABLY THE WRONG PERSON TO ASK.
00:28:44 Unidentified Speaker PROBABLY THE GENERAL?
00:28:46 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I'LL TAKE A STAB AT IT FOR YOU. IN TERMS OF THREE GOALS. FIRST, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT...
00:31:57 Unidentified Speaker THE UAVs THAT ARE OPERATING TODAY ARE OPERATING IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT AIR DEFENSES....
00:32:10 Unidentified Speaker OUTSTANDING QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR ASKING IT. IT'S ONE THAT TO BE HONEST, WE HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED...
00:33:00 Unidentified Speaker SO --
00:33:01 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S PART OF THE FLIGHT PLAN. WHAT ARE THE NEXT PHASES AND STEPS THAT WE TAKE IN TERMS OF NOT JUST...
00:33:37 Unidentified Speaker THE WAY THE AIR FORCE DEALT WITH IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND WITH MANNED AIRCRAFT WAS TRUE PERFORMANCE...
00:33:49 Unidentified Speaker I DID MENTION HYPERSONIC AS ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES.
00:33:54 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BUILDING UNMANNED HIGH PERFORMANCE VEHICLES?
00:33:59 Unidentified Speaker POTENTIALLY. I THINK IT WAS TOO EARLY, WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT HERE. WE PROVIDE A VISION AND AS IT GOES...
00:34:38 Unidentified Speaker THE TALK ABOUT TANKER HAS GONE ON FITITFULLY FOR AWHILE. HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED UNMANNED TANKERS...
00:34:53 Unidentified Speaker THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION'S NO. JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGIES HAVE NOT MATURED TO ...
00:36:24 Unidentified Speaker A FOLLOW-UP. THE QUESTION OF USING UAVs FOR C.O.B., BASICALLY BRINGING IT DOWN TO AIR-BREATHING, BUILDING...
00:36:38 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT.
00:36:39 Unidentified Speaker HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU SEE THAT AS BEING IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS?
00:36:41 Unidentified Speaker VERY. VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S A GREAT AREA WHERE THE SYSTEM, AGAIN, THE CAPABILITIES PROVIDE YOU AN...
00:37:18 Unidentified Speaker M JUSUSURIOUS ON THEHE VISION FOR UAS. HAS TH F FLIT P PN TAKEN A POSITIONN THE APPLICABILITY OF ...
00:37:36 Unidentified Speaker HOW MANY QUESTIONS IS THAT?
00:37:40 Unidentified Speaker IT'S ONE QUESTION.
00:37:41 Unidentified Speaker IT'S GOT TO BE SORT OF THE SAME ANSWER. WE EXPECT THEM TO BE CONSIDERED IN ALL FUTURE COMPETITIONS...
00:38:15 Unidentified Speaker FOR THE COMBAT COMMANDERS TO HAVE GREATER TRUST IN THE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT IN PLACES LIKE AFGHANISTAN...
00:38:33 Unidentified Speaker I'LL TELL YOU, IF YOU HAD ASKED ME THAT QUESTION ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, I WAS FLYING F-15s AND I HURT...
00:39:15 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S BEEN SOME BLOW-BACK IN TERMS OF SOME OF THESE STRIKES DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD, BECAUSE THEY...
00:39:38 Unidentified Speaker LET ME JUMP IN THERE. BE CAREFUL WITH THE ISSUE OF TRUST. I THINK THE COLONEL IS RIGHT. THERE'S TRUST...
00:40:48 Unidentified Speaker COLONEL MATHEWSON, YOU HAD SAID THAT YOUR INITIAL CAPABILITIES DOCUMENT FOR MQX IS NOW COMPLETE. WHAT'S...
00:41:04 Unidentified Speaker LITTLE TOO EARLY TO KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO SHOW UP BUT THE ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES IS GOING...
00:41:23 Unidentified Speaker THE SECOND QUESTION WAS WHAT'S THE SOONEST WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO START SEEING SOME OF THESE MODULAR...
00:41:34 Unidentified Speaker NOT SOON ENOUGH. YES, IT IS ON THE TABLE. IN THE ANALYSIS, THEY WILL COME TO THE CONCLUSION BASED...
00:41:49 Unidentified Speaker PART OF PAKISTAN'S RESISTANCE TO THE DRONE ATTACKS IS THE CASUALTIES THAT THEY GENERATE AND YESTERDAY,...
00:42:11 Unidentified Speaker TELL YOU ONE THING, IN EVERY INSTANCE, WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. WE TAKE OUR JOB AND HOW WE EMPLOY...
00:42:40 Unidentified Speaker WHAT'S YOUR LEVEL OF COORDINATION WITH PAKISTAN?
00:42:44 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY, BEING HERE -- GO AHEAD, SIR.
00:42:46 Unidentified Speaker NO. I WAS JUST GOING TO GET SOME WATER HERE.
00:42:50 Unidentified Speaker HERE AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE AIR FORCE SERVICES, WE SIMPLY JUST SORT OF, IF YOU WILL, TRAIN AND...
00:43:03 Unidentified Speaker ESPECIALLY THE POINT THAT WE ORGANIZE, TRAIN AND EQUIP THE SERVICES. THE OPERATIONAL COMMANDERS ARE...
00:43:11 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PERSONNEL, HOW YOU ORGANIZE AND TRAIN AND TRADITIONALLY,...
00:43:32 Unidentified Speaker FRANK, I DON'T THINK IT CHANGES THE CULTURE. WELL, PERHAPS IT DOES. IT EVOLVES THE CULTURE, MAYBE,...
00:44:52 Unidentified Speaker LET ME AMPLIFY THAT, IF I MAY, WITH AN EXAMPLE. THERE'S A GREAT BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE SKILL...
00:46:56 Unidentified Speaker ON THAT POINT, [ INAUDIBLE ] TO MEASURE WHERE THE AIR FORCE IS TODAY WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND WHERE IT...
00:47:08 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT MATRIX YET. I WILL GIVE YOU A MATRIX OF WHERE WE ARE...
00:47:38 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT.
00:47:39 Unidentified Speaker WE'LL GIVE YOU THE BREAK ON THAT.
00:47:49 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:47:53 Unidentified Speaker COLONEL, IS IT REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT UASs WILL BE -- WOULD DEFINITELY BE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR...
00:48:06 Unidentified Speaker WHEN OUR FLIGHT PLAN -- OUR FLIGHT PLAN SUGGESTS THAT WE JUST CONSIDER UNMANNED SYSTEMS AS ALTERNATIVES,...
00:48:20 Unidentified Speaker IT DEPENDS ON YOUR -- IT DEPENDS ON YOUR DEFINITION OF FIGHTER. SEE, I WOULD TELL YOU NO, NOT YET....
00:50:54 Unidentified Speaker HI. IN THE SMALL UAV AREA IN THE FLIGHT PLAN IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO LAY A ROAD MAP FOR PUSHING...
00:51:10 Unidentified Speaker THE FLIGHT PLAN, QUITE HONESTLY, WE'VE SORT OF ON PURPOSE, IF YOU WILL, FENCED IT AWAY FROM ONGOING...
00:51:36 Unidentified Speaker ARE THE EMISSIONS CLEAR ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT -- THAT AREA HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY THE KNAVE AND MARINE...
00:51:48 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY. THE ROLLS AND-- THE ROLES AND MISSIONS DISCUSSIONS RELATIVE TO SMALL UAS IT'S...
00:52:22 Unidentified Speaker LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. AND THEN IT'S TIME TO WRAP UP.
00:52:27 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE USE OF UAS TO DATE. I...
00:52:54 Unidentified Speaker AGAIN, AGAINSTING GENERICALLY THEY HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
00:53:01 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:53:02 Unidentified Speaker MAYBE ONE MORE. THAT PRETTY SHORT. YES, SIR? I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE UAS MAINTENANCE. THERE'S...
00:53:30 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. ONCE AGAIN, I THINK YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE MAJOR COMMAND. AIR GOT COMMAND IS THE MAJOR LEAD...
00:54:01 Unidentified Speaker IN THE FLIGHT PLAN IT'S DESCRIBED HOW IT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW.
00:54:06 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:54:07 Unidentified Speaker OPERATING TO MOVING TO MILITARY AS BEING MORE INEXPENSIVE AND RESPONSIVE SO TEAMS LIKE, YOU KNOW,...
00:54:20 Unidentified Speaker WELL, ACTUALLY IT WILL CONTINUE I THINK FOR SOME TIME TO BE A COMBINATION, BUT CERTAINLY IN SOME MISSION...
00:54:39 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. YOU CAN DO AS MUCH AS YOU WANT
00:54:44 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORE, SIR, THANKS.
00:54:49 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS REGARDING THE FLIGHT PLAN NOTES OF THE NEED FOR ADVANCED BANDWIDTH CAPABILITIES IN...
00:55:15 Unidentified Speaker CANCELLATION OF T-SAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW THE FLIGHT PLAN WAS WRITTEN. WE CONSIDER ALL THESE...
00:55:56 Unidentified Speaker AND I'LL JUST JUMP ON THAT GOING BACK TO DAVID'S QUESTION ON VULNERABILITY AND THE -- AND IF YOU CAN...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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