BLUF

Airborne ISR remains essential for battlefield awareness, but expanding capabilities to drones and space is increasingly critical. The US is advancing unmanned and satellite ISR systems while developing counter-space capabilities to maintain information superiority.

Learning Outcomes 

  • Explain the role of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) in achieving information superiority, including the contributions of airborne, unmanned and space-based ISR platforms.
  • Analyse how emerging technologies, particularly drones and satellite systems, are transforming military ISR capabilities and influencing future force development.
  • Evaluate the challenges posed by evolving space-based threats, including counter-satellite weapons and adversary ISR capabilities, and assess the measures being developed to maintain information dominance and operational effectiveness. 
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