(U)Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Payloads

Abstract

The Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Payload Program will provide an agile and responsive means to integrate and support the development and fielding of Strategic and Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and non-ISR capabilities as well as data Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) and Communication capabilities for all UAS's within the Navy and Marine Corps. These component, sensor, and PED capabilities will alleviate Navy and Marine Corps ISR mission needs and gaps caused by rapidly changing missions, environments, threats, and technologies as well as enhance the effectiveness and operational utility of the UAS. The UAS Payload program element will increase the effectiveness and versatility of the Navy and Marine Corps UAS. The UAS Payload program element is to encompass future and as yet unspecified unmanned system technology integration and improvements such as GPS denied environment survey and solutions related to Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT). Additional payload capability improvements and expansion include Communication, Automation and Autonomy, Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD), Chemical, Biological, and Radiological/Nuclear (CBRN) collection, Gravitational Sensing, Signals Intelligence Collection (SIGINT), Electronic Warfare Support (EW and ES), Radar Imagery, Moving Target Indicator (MTI) Detection, Tracking and Imagery, Wide Area and Hyperspectral Imagery collection, Artificial Intelligence (AI)processing, Combined Multiple Intelligence (Multi-INT), Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), Laser Marking and Designation (LM, LD), Acoustic Detection, Sense and Avoid, Identification of Friend or Foe (IFF), Weapons Integration, capability related PED, and Multi Mission functionality. These advanced capabilities and payloads will provide the Navy Fleet Forces, Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) and Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and their component subordinate commands (divisions and regiments) with dedicated, organic capabilities that facilitate the six functions of Marine Corps Aviation and the Marine Corps ISR Enterprise (MCISRE) across the range of military operations.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0305242M_7_1319_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: PU 2052 was updated to reflect the transition to PE 0305242M/PU 8277. PU 8277 was established in FY21 as a result of the PE 0305242M/PU 2052 (Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Payloads/RQ-21 Payload Development) transition to PE 0305242M/PU 8277 (Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Payloads/UAS Payloads). This is not an FY21 New Start and was created to better support ISR payload requirements, development, and sustainment. Congressional Add - C415 Spectral and Reconnaissance Imagery for Tactical Exploitation - Wide Area Surveillance (WAS) for $6.300M.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• C4I
• Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Anomaly Detection
• Artificial Intelligence
• Detection
• Detectors
• Full Motion Video
• Intelligence Collection
• Intelligence Surveillance And Reconnaissance
• Magnetic Anomaly Detection
• Military Operations
• Military Research
• Surveillance
• Synthetic Aperture Radar
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Unmanned Systems

Readers

• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Directed Energy
• Microelectronics
• Space
• Space - Satellites
• Space - Space Objects