Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Abstract

Project 11A Advanced Payload Develop & Spt: The Advanced Payloads Development project is a shared funding line between multiple payload programs. These payload programs support the Army's transformation by developing Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) payload systems for Brigade Combat Teams, Divisions, and Corps Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). This is in accordance with Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) and Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) UAS priorities. Additionally, this Program Element (PE) supports Future Advanced Payloads for Army UAS systems. Common Sensor Payload (CSP) - Electro Optical / Infrared / Laser Designator (EO/IR/LD) provides High Definition (HD) Full Motion Video (FMV) in both the Electro Optical and Mid Wave IR spectrums with day/night capability to collect and display continuous imagery and the ability to designate targets of interest for attack by laser guided precision weapons. It is the EO/IR/LD sensor for the Gray Eagle UAS which supports force applications, battlespace awareness, force protection, and net-centric operations across the battlefield to provide wide area, near real time RSTA capabilities. Current product improvements continue to focus on the development and implementation of the Target Location Accuracy (TLA) capabilities that directly support emerging requirements of the Army's Current and Future Force. 0305204A 11A has no Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 funding request.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0305204A_7_2040_PB_2024
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Accuracy
• Acquisition
• Aircrafts
• Contracts
• Detectors
• Doctrine
• Force Protection
• Full Motion Video
• Intelligence Collection
• Laser Target Designators
• Procurement
• Surveillance
• Target Acquisition
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Vehicles

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Directed Energy