Tactical Unmanned Aer Vehicles

Abstract

The Tactical Control System (TCS), a component of the MQ-8 System, is a Joint Military Intelligence Program. This TCS Program Element (PE) provides for the joint tactical MQ-8 Fire Scout System. TCS, integrated into the MQ-8 Mission Control System, provides the warfighters with the capability for day/night aerial Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Target Acquisition, voice, data and command and control communications/relay, and mine detection and localization. Additionally, TCS provides a multi-level, scalable, and flexible operator control of the air vehicles and payloads, as well as direct receipt and dissemination of unmanned aerial vehicle sensor data.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: 0305204N_7_1319_PB_2017
• Change Summary Explanation: Decrease in Tactical Unmanned Aer Vehicles by $0.356M as required for the Department of the Navy to comply with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Schedule: Updated TCS schedule to coincide with MQ-8 Fire Scout schedule milestones. MQ-8 related milestones Revised milestone terminology: Updated Milestone C decision and reviews to align with planning for the restructured MQ-8 Fire Scout program. Technical: None
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• C4I
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aircrafts
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Contracts
• Control Systems
• Engineering
• Ground Control Stations
• Littoral Combat Ships
• Nato
• Operating Systems
• Standards
• Surveillance
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Warfare

Readers

• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control