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New Approaches to Air-Land Integration
The third presentation was by Ken Loving from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and highlighted the
evolution within the remotely piloted vehicle world, in which new tasks and capabilities are emerging which
can compliment the other elements of the joint force. He underscored how those evolutions can expand the
reach, sensor awareness and lethality of the manned air combat force as well.
He also highlighted the emergence of a new capability, namely directed energy systems which are being
tested by General Atomics currently. Clearly, lasers have a significant advantage over conventional
ordinance, in terms of cost, sustainment, and availability, and as such will become a high priority capability
when available to the combat fleet.
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