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Incremento das valências e capacidades das forças terrestres portuguesas: Desenvolvimento dos atributos dos drones militares
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Barros, João Pedro Serafim de
Abstract(s)
A presente investigação pretende analisar os atributos dos drones militares, e como estes podem ser utilizados nas operações militares. Para isso, demos continuidade à investigação realizada por Barros et al. (2024), onde os autores procuraram reunir consenso académico sobre os principais atributos para categorizar os drones militares. Com isto, pretendemos validar o quadro teórico-conceptual apresentado por Barros et al. (2024, p.89), de acordo com a realidade das forças terrestres portuguesas.
Subjacente ao conceito de drones procurámos estudar e compreender os conceitos de Sistemas Aéreos Não-Tripulados (SANT) e Veículos Aéreos Não-Tripulados (VANT), isto porque são dois conceitos intrinsecamente relacionados com o conceito de drones militares. Verificámos que o nível de automação do equipamento é um fator inerente ao conceito de drones, até porque é com base na utilização do mesmo com um elevado nível de automação que surge o conceito de drone.
Ao longo da investigação, descrevemos e compreendemos a utilização dos drones pelas forças terrestres portuguesas, e verificámos que os atributos identificados por Barros et al. (2024, p.89) são empiricamente válidos.Contudo, concluímos que existe a necessidade de adicionar mais dois atributos que, são os seguintes: capacidade optrónica e alcance do drone. Esta adição deve-se ao facto de termos constatado que, na prática, a transmissão de imagem de qualidade, em direto e no local das operações militares, assim como o alcance métrico que a aeronave consegue percorrer sem perder todas as suas capacidades e valências, são dois fatores cruciais para o sucesso de uma operação militar.
Concluímos a nossa investigação constatando que a utilização de drones pelas forças terrestres portuguesas decorre de um processo de inovação do Exército Português, cujo desenvolvimento e inovação são fatores de interesse primário para a instituição.
This research aims to analyze the attributes of military drones and how they can be used in military operations. As an objective, we continued Barros’s et al. (2024) research, where the authors attempted to reach an academic consensus on the main attributes for categorizing military drones. As such, we intend to validate the theoretical-conceptual framework presented by Barros et al. (2024, p.89) according to the reality of the portuguese ground forces. Within the scope of the concept of drones, we sought to study and understand the concepts of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), since these are two concepts that are intrinsically linked to the concept of military drones. We found that the level of automation of equipment is an inherent factor in the concept of drones, especially because it is based on their use with a high level of automation that the concept of drones emerges. During the research, we have described and understood the use of drones by the Portuguese Army and we have verified that the attributes identified by Barros et al. (2024, p.89) are empirically valid. However, we have concluded that there is a need to add two more attributes, which are: optronic capability and drone range. The reason for this addition is that we have found that, in practice, the transmission of high-quality and live images of military operations, as well as the metric range that the aircraft can cover without losing all its capabilities and strengths, are two crucial factors for the success of a military operation. We conclude our investigation by stating that the use of drones by Portuguese ground forces is the result of an innovation process by the Portuguese Army. The development and innovation of drones are the main factors of primary interest to our institution.
This research aims to analyze the attributes of military drones and how they can be used in military operations. As an objective, we continued Barros’s et al. (2024) research, where the authors attempted to reach an academic consensus on the main attributes for categorizing military drones. As such, we intend to validate the theoretical-conceptual framework presented by Barros et al. (2024, p.89) according to the reality of the portuguese ground forces. Within the scope of the concept of drones, we sought to study and understand the concepts of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), since these are two concepts that are intrinsically linked to the concept of military drones. We found that the level of automation of equipment is an inherent factor in the concept of drones, especially because it is based on their use with a high level of automation that the concept of drones emerges. During the research, we have described and understood the use of drones by the Portuguese Army and we have verified that the attributes identified by Barros et al. (2024, p.89) are empirically valid. However, we have concluded that there is a need to add two more attributes, which are: optronic capability and drone range. The reason for this addition is that we have found that, in practice, the transmission of high-quality and live images of military operations, as well as the metric range that the aircraft can cover without losing all its capabilities and strengths, are two crucial factors for the success of a military operation. We conclude our investigation by stating that the use of drones by Portuguese ground forces is the result of an innovation process by the Portuguese Army. The development and innovation of drones are the main factors of primary interest to our institution.
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Atributos Drones Exército forças terrestres Portugal Army Attributes land forces