PECULIARITIES OF DEVELOPMENT OF LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR USING OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

Abstract

The main aim of the report is creation an unified theory of logistics of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine based on the existing theories of armament and the logistics of the Armed Forces, the general laws and determined  trends, principles, forms and methods of the use of the logistics of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and impact Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) on this theory. Based on the information analysis on critical UAV maintenance tasks including tasks unique to UAV operations, and the facilities and personnel involved in maintenance, the issues of UAV maintenance were grouped into three categories. The objective function of the logistics system of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is formulated, which is to achieve compliance of the capabilities of this system with the predicted volume of tasks of the logistics given the use of UAV. In order to implement this compliance it is necessary to ensure the convergence of requirements and capabilities at all levels of logistics management. The assessment of the functioning of the Air Forces logistics system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is proposed on the basis of the stated views on the logistics theory of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by assessing the set of real capabilities of each subsystem that is the part of its structure and system as a whole. At the same time, the assessment of the quality of the logistic support of the military units (formations) of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should be related to the level of implementation of the potential capabilities of the logistics system when solving problems of each subsystem at the stages of combat training, unblocking and operational deployment, preparation and conduct of operations (combat actions), restoration of combat capability of troops (forces).