Seleção de um sistema de aeronave remotamente pilotada (SARP) de apoio aproximado para o Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais (CFN): uma aplicação do método SAPEVO-M

Abstract

In the theater of naval operations, the importance of having knowledge of the enemy is as or more important than the troops themselves employed on the ground, because with this knowledge acquired and worked at the right time, the minimum force required can be applied, at the enemy's center of gravity to achieve the target and lower chance of losing a combat unit. Selecting remotely piloted aircraft systems (SARP) is a major challenge for Brazilian Navy decision-makers, as these means have unique characteristics that can impact the mobility, flexibility and expeditionary character of the aforementioned troop. For this article, selection should be based on criteria and characteristics of each aircraft in the operational scope. Multicriteria decision support tools have the ability to advise the decision maker, considering the intrinsic aspects of the equipment and the operational needs demanded by the troops using them. The SAPEVO-M (Simple Aggregation of Preferences Expressed by Ordinal Vectors - Multi Decision Makers) method was used to define which remotely piloted aircraft best suits the needs of the Marine Corps. The choice of this method is due to the relevant number of military personnel who already have a critical sense to opine related to the operational level since they are pilots, which variables presented have relevance in relation to the others. The study shows that aircraft with higher related flexibilities or landing and takeoff make them as or more interesting than aircraft with greater flight capacity.