Tactical Unmanned Aer Vehicles

Abstract

Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is a Joint Military Intelligence Program This Program Element (PE) includes non-lethal joint tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system support for DoD to provide the warfighters with the capability for day/night aerial Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition, intelligence, communications/data relay, and minefield detection in limited adverse weather. This PE includes the Tactical Control System (TCS) which provides a multi-level, scalable, and flexible control of the air vehicles and payloads, as well as direct receipt of unmanned aerial vehicles imagery.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0305204N_7_1319_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
Schedule: Tactical Control System (TCS): All of the acquisition milestones listed below have been adjusted due to software and flight test delays: - Initial Operational Capability moved from 2Q FY10 to 1Q FY12 - Completion of Operational Evaluation OT-C-1 moved from 2Q FY10 to 4Q FY11 - Completion of Engineering and Manufacturing Development moved from 2Q FY10 to 4Q FY11 - Completion of MQ-8 ECP Integration Test (title changed from Radar Sensor Integration) moved from 4Q FY11 to 1Q FY15 - Completion of LINUX Transition/LCS Integration moved from 3Q FY12 to 4Q FY12 The name of TCS 4.0 effort was updated from Enhanced Multi Vehicle Control to Service Oriented Architecture to show the updated alignment of the TCS program with OSD direction on commonality amongst UAS control systems architecture. Technical: Not Applicable
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Nato
  • Operating Systems
  • Standards
  • Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs

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