@article{ART003261968},
author={Lee, Bohyung and Jeong, Seokjae},
title={Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments},
journal={Journal of Advances in Military Studies},
issn={2635-5531},
year={2025},
volume={8},
number={2},
pages={43-66},
doi={10.37944/jams.v8i2.284}
TY - JOUR
AU - Lee, Bohyung
AU - Jeong, Seokjae
TI - Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments
JO - Journal of Advances in Military Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 8
IS - 2
PB - Institute of Defense Acquisition Program
SP - 43
EP - 66
SN - 2635-5531
AB - This study quantitatively analyzed the operational effectiveness of helicopter Manned–Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) across plains, urban, and mountainous environments. To this end, the Army Weapon Effectiveness Analysis Model (AWAM) was enhanced to conduct integrated simulations of attack helicopters operating in concert with reconnaissance-and-loitering (suicide) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The survivability of helicopters and the tank destruction rate were compared between manned-only operations and combined manned–unmanned operations. The analysis showed that MUM-T operations outperformed manned-only operations in every terrain type. In plains, the tank destruction rate increased by 1.13 and helicopter survivability by 1.04. In urban terrain, the tank destruction rate rose by a factor of 5.07 and helicopter survivability by 1.91, while in mountainous terrain they increased by factors of 3.96 and 1.62, respectively. These results are attributed to the advance deployment of UAVs, which suppressed enemy air-defense weapons and provided real-time target data to support precision strikes. Given that more than 90 percent of the Korean Peninsula consists of mountainous and urban areas, building MUM-T capabilities into future attack-helicopter forces is essential. In particular, systematic comparison and validation are required for various operational models—such as helicopter–vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) drone teaming, helicopter–Air-Launched Effects (ALE) teaming, and hybrid helicopter–VTOL–ALE configurations—while simultaneously securing key technological infrastructures, including real-time sensor-to-shooter networks, AI-based situational awareness and decision-support systems, and high-reliability data links. By incorporating terrain variables—plains, urban, and mountainous—into simulation experiments, this research provides empirical evidence of MUM-T’s operational benefits and offers foundational data to guide the Republic of Korea military's force development and doctrinal advancement of manned–unmanned teaming systems.
KW - Helicopter Manned–Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T);helicopter survivability;tank destruction rate;simulation;MUM-T Development Strategy
DO - 10.37944/jams.v8i2.284
ER -
Lee, Bohyung and Jeong, Seokjae. (2025). Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments. Journal of Advances in Military Studies, 8(2), 43-66.
Lee, Bohyung and Jeong, Seokjae. 2025, "Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments", Journal of Advances in Military Studies, vol.8, no.2 pp.43-66. Available from: doi:10.37944/jams.v8i2.284
Lee, Bohyung, Jeong, Seokjae "Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments" Journal of Advances in Military Studies 8.2 pp.43-66 (2025) : 43.
Lee, Bohyung, Jeong, Seokjae. Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments. 2025; 8(2), 43-66. Available from: doi:10.37944/jams.v8i2.284
Lee, Bohyung and Jeong, Seokjae. "Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments" Journal of Advances in Military Studies 8, no.2 (2025) : 43-66.doi: 10.37944/jams.v8i2.284
Lee, Bohyung; Jeong, Seokjae. Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments. Journal of Advances in Military Studies, 8(2), 43-66. doi: 10.37944/jams.v8i2.284
Lee, Bohyung; Jeong, Seokjae. Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments. Journal of Advances in Military Studies. 2025; 8(2) 43-66. doi: 10.37944/jams.v8i2.284
Lee, Bohyung, Jeong, Seokjae. Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments. 2025; 8(2), 43-66. Available from: doi:10.37944/jams.v8i2.284
Lee, Bohyung and Jeong, Seokjae. "Simulation-based analysis of operational effectiveness using army weapon effectiveness analysis model of attack helicopter through manned–unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in plain, urban, and mountainous terrains environments" Journal of Advances in Military Studies 8, no.2 (2025) : 43-66.doi: 10.37944/jams.v8i2.284
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