(U)Advanced Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System

Abstract

This program element provides for development and capability requirements for Advanced Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in support of expeditionary efforts Projects are Joint Military Intelligence Programs. Project 3135 - This project provides technical concept maturation and experimentation for the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Expeditionary (MUX) with Vertical/Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (V/STOVL) capability. MUX is determined to be a critical capability for current and future USMC expeditionary operations. These MUX efforts will include development of system architectures and rapid prototyping of critical system components to inform a future MUX program of record. Resulting work products will mitigate technical risks through analysis, modeling and simulation matched with refined CONOPS development, Analysis of Alternative development, prototype development, and testing at the component-level and will leverage real-time data used on deployed USMC MQ-9. Threshold capabilities will include, Airborne Early Warning, Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare and Communications Control. Objective capabilities will include strike, airborne escort, and cargo resupply. Provides USMC with MUX operational capability in FY26. Project 3427 - This project provides for experimentation and support of the CQ-24A Cargo UAS (commonly referred to as KMAX). CQ-24A will be used for experimentation to specifically inform the unmanned cargo resupply requirements of future programs of record, to include MUX and other unmanned air programs. Experimentation includes payloads/sensor integration, control station integration, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP) development. These experimentation efforts inform program capability documents, support other military exercises, and advance technologies needed for the future MUX Program Of Record. Additionally, this program allows for government, industry teams, and other stakeholders to collaboratively develop key sensor technologies used to inform future VTOL aircraft. These efforts will include continued development of autonomous obstacle avoidance systems that have dual military-commercial use, such as natural disaster response and combatting wild fires, enabling cargo delivery in austere environments. Cost estimate for Cost to Complete and Total Cost for both project units are being developed and will be promulgated in a future budget request.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0304240M_4_1319_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2020 funding request was reduced by $1.00M to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. Decrease in FY 2020 due to KMAX Experimentation and Support project which will not be used as a method for concept of operations (CONOPS) development. Schedule: Project 3135 - Updated to reflect MUX experimentation requirements. Project 3427 - Not applicable Technical: Not applicable
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aircrafts
• Collision Avoidance
• Commerce
• Communication Systems
• Contracts
• Control Systems
• Cost Estimates
• Engineering
• Medium Altitude
• Natural Disasters
• Product Prototyping
• Software Prototyping
• Surveillance
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Unmanned Systems

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Microelectronics