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5 Findings and Recommendations
5 Findings and Recommendations
Pages 65-70
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in high-threat environments determines survivability requirements for the long-range strike system and other systems because it simultaneously stresses range, signature reduction, persistence, timeliness, and payload characteristics. The Committee on Future Air Force Needs for Survivability concludes firmly that future Air Force requirements and CONOPS will dictate aircraft that are survivable and responsive for timely strike at long range, as well as capable of loiter and persistence in the threat environment.
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Finding 2: The USAF has not completely investigated the combinations of speed, stealth, situation awareness, countermeasures,1 and tactics to enable a solid judgment as to what level of speed is required for acceptable survivability in the future. Specifically, neither the Air Force nor industry has invested sufficiently in analysis of the impact of combinations of speed and stealth when employed against postulated future AI and SAM threats.
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The committee finds that the Air Force technology roadmap for radio-frequency (RF) signature reduction is generally adequate (with some exceptions)
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There is no definitive conclusion on the relative effects of speed, stealth, and size on the benefits of situation awareness. With the available test results and current modeling and simulation tools, the incremental impact of SA on overall survivability is not quantifiable.
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Recommendation 5: The USAF should continue to implement countermeasure improvements, and: · If the Air Force concludes after further trade-off studies and evalu ation that sustained supersonic cruise is essential to GS CONOPS, it should implement a high-speed penetration aid effort compatible with contemporary stealth signature levels. · The Air Force should evaluate the relative effectiveness of self defense weapons and define requirements for any new or upgraded capability for next-generation aircraft.
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0 FUtURE AiR FoRCE nEEdS FoR SURViVABilitY Finding 6: Hypersonic missiles with ranges comparable to those of current missiles could increase targeting timeliness and flexibility and thus increase operational utility in the 2018 time frame. It is not clear, however, whether a hypersonic cruise aircraft (other than a missile)
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