(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 RQ-21A BLACKJACK (formerly known as (STUAS)).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0305239M_7_1319_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
The FY 2016 funding request was reduced by $1.848M to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. Schedule: Due to ship availability, IOT&E extends through 4QFY14 thereby extending the correction of deficiencies and shifting the IOT&E final report into 1QFY15. The decrease in funding from FY14 to FY15 is due to completion of major test periods. The decrease in funding from FY15 to FY16 reflects the re-phasing of funding to better align with revised program development schedule.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Heavy Fuel Engines
  • Heavy Fuels
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Marine Corps
  • Program Management
  • Reconnaissance
  • Software Development
  • Surveillance
  • Tactical Reconnaissance
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems

Readers

  • Military Science
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

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