Air Force stands up UAV Center of Excellence (March 17, 2005).NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE Nellis Air Force Base (IATA: LSV, ICAO: KLSV) is a United States Air Force base, in Clark County, Nevada, on the northeast side of Las Vegas. It is also treated as a census-designated place by the United States Census for statistical purposes, and so specific , Nev. -- Maj. Gen. Stephen Goldfein, Air Warfare Center commander, held a telephone press conference March 16 to announce the standup of the Air Force's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload. Center for Excellence at Indian Springs Auxiliary Air Field, Nev. The UAV UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV Unmanned Air Vehicle UAV Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle UAV Unmanned Airborne Vehicle UAV Uninhabited Air Vehicle UAV Urban Assault Vehicle UAV Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle (less common) Center of Excellence will coordinate UAV activities at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels, working to provide a common structure for UAV command and control systems. The center will improve the interoperability among the various systems and develop the common operating systems, standards, requirements, concept of operations A verbal or graphic statement, in broad outline, of a commander's assumptions or intent in regard to an operation or series of operations. The concept of operations frequently is embodied in campaign plans and operation plans; in the latter case, particularly when the plans cover a series , and training necessary to provide the joint warfighters the information they need. "We have a wide range of things we want to do within the Center," said Goldfein, "including improving interoperability among the systems, developing common operating systems, and then all of the standards, requirements, concept of operations, and the training necessary to provide joint warfighters the very best process to integrate and leverage what we get from the unique capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles
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