Assessment of the Proliferation of Certain Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems: Response to Section 1276 of the National Defense Authorization ACT for Fiscal Year 2017

RAND Corporation researchers performed a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the impact that certain remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), governed by the Missile Technology Control Regime, and their proliferation to U.S. adversaries have on U.S. national security interests and U.S. allies and partners, as well as export controls that might affect that proliferation. In this report, they document their findings.