Incomparable advantages of piloted aircraft:

1. Strong battlefield adaptability

Since UAVs do not have to be restricted by human factors, they can better accomplish their tasks in extremely harsh battlefield environments, such as nuclear, biological and chemical threats, long endurance, and high-risk battlefields. missions and achieve ? Zero casualties. The goal of zero casualties. For example, during the Cold War, the U.S. military utilized a large number of? Firebee? UAVs on our country and other socialist countries to carry out in-depth reconnaissance of the long flight time; can also be in the enemy occupied areas over the full reconnaissance and even attack action.

2, strong battlefield survivability

As the UAV does not have to consider the existence of the pilot, so the structural design has a very large flexibility, in order to meet the aerodynamics of the basis of a rich variety of structures. At the same time, its relatively small size, easy to use all kinds of stealth measures to improve anti-radar, anti-infrared, anti-visual capabilities. At the same time, since the UAV does not need to estimate the pilot's overload capacity, it can make all kinds of super maneuvers on the battlefield to carry out battlefield evasion and surprise defense, which also indirectly enhances its battlefield survivability.

3, low cost, high efficiency ratio

The low cost of drones is reflected in two aspects: First, low manufacturing costs, the price of the most expensive Global Hawk can not be compared to the price of an F16, not to mention the F22 than it is due to the reduction of a variety of UAV life support systems. The second is low maintenance/use costs, the controller of a drone can be ready for a mission with as little as 48 hours of training, while the corresponding pilot that can't get out without a few million. The embodiment of high efficiency and cost ratio lies in the fact that the current UAV has been able to complete a large number of manned aircraft can perform the task, and the advantage of low cost can make the UAV specialization to do a very high, avoiding the multi-purpose brought about by the increase in costs.

4, configuration flexibility, task diversification UAVs due to the volume, use, maintenance on the comprehensive advantages, so that its configuration in the battlefield is quite flexible, the existing various types of platforms after a simple modification can support the use of good UAVs. Miniature drones and even full systems can be configured in a soldier-carrying manner. This makes it easy for tactical units to obtain UAV support. At the same time, the existing various types of UAS are designed in a platformized and modularized way, and the various mission modules can be flexibly adjusted according to the actual situation, giving full play to the advantages of the platform.

Characteristics of UAV battlefield applications:

1. Information acquisition

That is, the traditional reconnaissance and surveillance, the timely and accurate acquisition of information on the modern battlefield is one of the first things that both sides have to consider after entering the battlefield, and it is also the basic use of UAVs to make a home.

2, attack and support

Although there are still some limitations on the attack capability of UAVs, it is foreseeable that the attack mission will be the most important direction for the future development of UAVs. At present, the U.S. Army has been in the ? Predator? ,? Fire Scout? and many other models have been tested, such as the Predator, the Fire Scout, and the Hellfire. Hellfire? and the Predator. Hydra? uncontrolled rockets, and other guided/unguided weapons, even as the U.S. Army specifies in its Roadmap that in the future (2015?) The use of drones to replace manned fighters in missions such as seizure of air power in the theater of operations and ground support. Images from the movie will appear before us in the near future (e.g., the U.S. X47B proving aircraft, our Shadow unmanned fighter). There is also a special case of the legendary transformation of our army's retired J5/6 into unmanned attack aircraft to strike large targets in the carrier formation category, which is also a kind of special operations application of UAVs.

Of course let the UAV to carry out attack and support missions, its biggest difficulty is the accurate identification and judgment of the target, which is very high on the system's artificial intelligence requirements, but also the development of the biggest limitations.

3, seize the battlefield electromagnetic rights

The drone can do long endurance and large range, so it is very suitable for the battlefield electromagnetic rights fight, to provide uninterrupted electronic suppression and interference support. At the same time, the UAV can be used as the accompanying detachment of the attacking force to provide continuous electromagnetic support in the attacking operation and ensure the electromagnetic safety of the attacking force. At the same time, the UAV can be designed without considering the human body's ability to withstand radio frequency radiation, so the power of its electronic warfare equipment can be upgraded as much as possible, thus improving its electromagnetic? Chiseling? ,? burn through' ability to increase the attack power.

4, to provide early warning and communications relay capability

A branch of the drone: unmanned airships, due to its special characteristics and has a very strong 'stagnation, carrying capacity, can carry a large radar, communications control system to become a network warfare node, for the war zone to provide a high-altitude uninterrupted battlefield early warning and communications relay capability. Provide a pathway from sensor to sensor, sensor to information platform, with satellite communication systems, aircraft / vehicle / shipborne radio systems to communicate the three-dimensional communication network in the theater.

5, target guidance

UAVs can provide end-to-end guidance for all types of precision-guided weapons by utilizing their laser guidance equipment. Since end-to-end guidance often requires the laser source to be close to the target at a certain distance, it is also a high-risk task, so the UAV can fully reflect its characteristics of high-risk tasks.

6, battlefield transportation

This is not yet fully verified in the field, but also a direction of the future development of UAVs. As a large number of transportation tasks are often in the route, time and other aspects can be planned in advance and set up a variety of plans, and often there is a large range of long flight time of the mission, so the UAV using GPS positioning combined with effective mission pre-programming can be better to complete the task. Meanwhile, the feasibility of corresponding takeoff/landing and aerial refueling missions has also been developed. In addition, for tactical airlift missions in high-risk areas, they can also be considered to be performed by UAVs.

From the perspective of the overall development trend, the number and role of UAVs in the armies of various countries will develop rapidly in the coming period, and their combat tasks will become more and more extensive. By fully studying and analyzing the related technology and tactics, it allows us to better track the development of modern war ideas. At the same time, it can also play a positive role in the modernization and equipment construction of our army.