Small Unmanned Aerial System Adversary Capabilities

by Raza Khan, Michael Nixon, Bradley Wilson, et al.

To support U.S. Department of Homeland Security efforts to prioritize capability investments, this report examines trends in small unmanned aerial system development, the features that are likely to aid nefarious users, and how such actors could use an sUAS (or multiple systems) to conduct various types of operations-from surveilling U.S. government facilities to dispersing a chemical agent at a large public event.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977402585
• ISBN13: 9781977402585
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"