RQ-7 UAV

Abstract

This Marine Corps Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System project supports the fielded RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) by conducting research, development, test and evaluation for improvement of the RQ-7 UAS capabilities in Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition, Intelligence, Battle Damage Assessment, Laser Designation and Force Protection. The RQ-7B Shadow UAS provides critical battlefield intelligence and targeting information in the rapid cycle time required for success at the tactical level. RQ-7B Shadow UAS are acquired through the United States Army (US Army) UAS Program Office to fulfill United States Marine Corps (USMC) UAS requirements. In order to optimize interoperability, maintainability, and capability with minimal cost, the USMC and US Army plan to develop additional capabilities for the common RQ-7 system to include the fuselage, flight and mission electrical and electronic systems, propulsion system, communications system, expeditionary footprint, and capability payloads. These funds represent the USMC share of the combined joint development cost through Program Management Office UAS and the RQ-7 USMC specific development efforts of the NAVAIR 5.1 UAV Test Directorate. This program is funded under OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT because it includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full-rate production and anticipate funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: 0305233N_7_1319_PB_2017
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2017 funding request was reduced by $0.107M to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. Decrease in RQ-7 UAV by $0.035M as required for the Department of the Navy to comply with the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Schedule: Not applicable. Technical: Not applicable.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aircrafts
• Battle Damage Assessment
• Contracts
• Damage Assessment
• Force Protection
• Laser Guidance
• Marine Corps
• Program Management
• Propulsion Systems
• Reconnaissance
• Target Acquisition
• Test And Evaluation
• United States
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Unmanned Systems

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• Aerospace Engineering

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Directed Energy
• Microelectronics