Vol. 1 No. 2 (2015): OPTIMALISASI PENGGUNAAN PTTA PADA DAERAH PERBATASAN

The use of Unmanned Aircraft (PTTA)/UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) cannot run optimaly if it is not supported by a national  national and the ability of the military such as the ability of implementing the intelligent activities, sensing from a distance (inderaja) and early rise to provide the availability of information complete accurately and on time. PTTA could become one of the alternative additional equipment of  TNI Alutsista to get the reliable information. The optimization of the development of PTTA is based the current interests from the future spectrum needs and the progress, covering the current advantages and disadvantages and the future threats and challenge in the border area. There is s consequence of all the developments in military matters (Revolution in Military Affairs/RMA) such as the importance of integrating all process in an architecture command, control, communication, computer, intelligence, observation and reconnaissance (K4IPP) so that decision-making can be done quickly and correctly. In a modern war, a method of observation and reconnaissance of the air becomes an effective means for data collection and information about an enemy. But, some experiences show that there is a high risk of losing the crew plane if those activities are conducted with a plane crew. In order to avoid this, one of a revolutions in observation and reconnaissance is by using a plane without the crew in order to increase the use of PTTA in the boarder areas. The use of PTTA so far is not maximum to supervise and border security so that it needs to be done the research to know factors that cause the deficient of the use of the PTTA. The purpose of this research is to understand the extent of optimization of PTTA in the border area. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis. Based on the results of the analysis, it can be concluded that there are several factors that become the causes such as human resources, the supporting of infrastructure, and the government regulation.