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The future of Air Force motion imagery exploitation : lessons from the commercial world / Lance Menthe ... [et al.].

Title
The future of Air Force motion imagery exploitation : lessons from the commercial world / Lance Menthe ... [et al.].
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.

Details

Additional Authors
Menthe, Lance.
Description
xvi, 51 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.
Series Statement
Technical report
Uniform Title
Technical report (Rand Corporation)
Subject
  • Aerial reconnaissance > United States
  • Military intelligence > United States
  • United States. Distributed Common Ground System
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: the rise of motion imagery -- Motion imagery collection -- Motion imagery PED -- Growing demand -- Meeting the demand -- Purpose and organization of this report -- Commercial practices: implications for the Air Force -- CCTV surveillance -- Reality television production -- The control room -- Personnel and organization -- Lessons from the commercial sector -- The control room format and the Common Operational Picture (COP) display -- Multimedia databases -- Communications practices -- Conclusion -- Way ahead: area-centric operations -- Rethinking motion imagery PED -- The area crew and the analytical pool -- PED crew positions and responsibilities -- Implementing area-centric operations: an illustrative scenario -- Sequence of events -- PED staffing -- Conclusion: lessons from the commercial world -- Lessons from CCTV surveillance -- Lessons from reality television production.
ISBN
  • 9780833059642 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0833059645 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2012002529