(U)RQ-21A

Abstract

The RQ-21A program will provide persistent maritime and land-based tactical Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) data collection and dissemination capability to the war fighter. For the United States Marine Corps (USMC), RQ-21A will provide the Marine Expeditionary Force and subordinate commands (divisions and regiments) with a dedicated, organic Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability delivering intelligence products directly to the tactical commander in real time. For the United States Navy (USN) RQ-21A will provide persistent RSTA support for tactical maneuver decisions and unit-level force defense/force protection for Navy Ships, Marine Corps land forces, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command forces, and Navy Special Warfare Units. This is a combined development program between Navy and Marine Corps. This submission is the Marine Corps portion of the program and has been coordinated with the Navy budget submission PE 0305234N (STUAS).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 0305239M_7_1319_PB_2015
• Change Summary Explanation: The decrease in funding from FY13 through FY15 represents the program shift to Full Rate Production (FRP).
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• C4I
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Command And Control
• Contractors
• Engineering
• Force Protection
• Fuel Oils
• Governments
• Marine Corps
• Program Management
• Reconnaissance
• Surveillance
• Systems Engineering
• Tactical Reconnaissance
• Test And Evaluation
• United States
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.