MQ-9 UAV

Abstract

The basic MQ-9 Reaper system consists of the aircraft, sensors, ground control station (GCS), communications equipment, weapon kits, support equipment, simulator and training devices, Readiness Spares Packages (RSP), technical data/training, and personnel required to operate, maintain, and sustain the system. The system is designed to be modular and open-ended. Mission-specific equipment is employed on specific aircraft and control station configurations to be tailored to fit mission needs. In FY19 the MQ-9 Reaper system has three separate development programs. This PE includes: 1. MQ-9 Development and Fielding. This effort is for development and fielding of the baseline MQ-9 aircraft and GCSs and associated communications systems, sensors, payloads, simulators and support equipment as well as resolving DMS issues. 2. Squadron Operations Centers (SOC). This effort is for development and fielding of standardized operations centers containing the equipment necessary for remote split operation, to provide mission data and tasking information to the aircrew and disseminate and/or exchange mission data with decision-makers and the intelligence community. 3. MQ-9 Upgrade. This effort is to develop improvements for existing systems and to field new capabilities for the baseline MQ-9 fleet using a Hybrid Acquisition Strategy. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver MQ-9 weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605826F, 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605830F, 0605831F, 0605832F, and 0605898F. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: 0205219F_7_3600_PB_2019
• Change Summary Explanation: FY17 - $13M Congressional reduction for program growth - $6.077M in SBIRS reductions + $35M Congressional add for Automatic Take-off Landing Control (ATLC) FY19 Base - The FY19 funding request was reduced by $96.728 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. + $10M added to address Dismount Radar development FY19 OCO + $4.5M added to address Link 16 development
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Sensors
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Aircrafts
• Artificial Satellites
• Command And Control
• Data Links
• Detectors
• Digital Communications
• Ground Control Stations
• Human-Machine Interfaces
• Improvised Explosive Devices
• Line Of Sight
• Network Protocols
• Software Development
• Synthetic Aperture Radar
• Systems Engineering
• Targeting
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Aerospace Engineering.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.