TAKTYCZNE UŻYCIE BEZZAŁOGOWYCH SYSTEMÓW POWIETRZNYCH PRZEZ SIŁY ZBROJNE UKRAINY W ASPEKCIE MOŻLIWOŚCI IMPLEMENTACJI W SIŁACH ZBROJNYCH RZECZPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ
TACTICAL USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS BY THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE IN THE ASPECT OF THE OPPORTUNITY OF IMPLEMENTATION IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the presented research results is to structure and organize the collected data on thetactical use of unmanned aerial systems and to present recommendations for implementation into the PolishArmed Forces. The data comes directly from Ukrainian officers. They were in working contact with Poland aspart of the EUMAM mission, serving as instructors, trainees, and officers programming the training of brigadestaffs. This information also became the subject of research on the tactical use of unmanned aerial systems.The research procedure addressed the following research question: which Ukrainian solutions for the use ofUAVs can be implemented in the Polish Armed Forces? The research question helped sharpen the analyticalprocesses of the available material and provided a valuable reference point for formulating a working thesis.Therefore, the hypothetical answer to the above problem was the assumption that the vast majority ofsolutions and applications used by Ukrainians are useful in the Polish Armed Forces. Theoretical researchmethods such as monograph and simple classification were used to organize and structure the collectedinformation. The monograph method was applied in practice last and served to write the concise content ofthis publication. Simple classification enabled precise differentiation and indication of the tactical purposeof unmanned systems, classes of unmanned systems, and recommendations for the PolishArmed Forces. The selection of this data from the extensive material was achieved thro-ugh the use of isolating abstraction and analytical methods. Isolating abstraction allowed forthe identification of content that was not used in the research procedure. Analytical methods,in turn, allowed for the identification and separation of the organizational structures of UAVs, theirpurpose, and their connection with other branches of the military used from the brigade level down.The identification of potentially useful elements for the Polish Armed Forces and the formulation ofrecommendations were achieved through inference, and synthesis. Based on available data, the state ofdevelopment and application of UAVs in the Ukrainian Armed Forces was compared with the state ofdevelopment of these platforms in the Polish Armed Forces. Development directions and recommendationswere formulated by reasoning and synthesizing requirements and practices combining various combatsystems. The content regarding the combat use of unmanned aerial systems was refined, and a numberof recommendations were formulated. Furthermore, the deliberations led to the identification of furtherresearch directions, namely the use of unmanned vehicles and unmanned boats, and consequently, con-sideration of their implementation in the Polish Armed Forces. The research hypothesis was confirmed,and the conclusions even extended significantly beyond its scope. Observations of the Russian-Ukrainianwar and publications devoted to it allow us to propose and reinforce bold concepts for the developmentof unmanned platforms.

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