Advanced Payload Develop & Spt (MIP)
Abstract
The Advanced Payloads Development project is a shared funding line between multiple payload programs. These payload programs support the Army's transformation by developing Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) payload systems for Brigade Combat Teams, Divisions, and Corps Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). This is in accordance with Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) and Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) UAS priorities. Additionally, this Program Element (PE) supports Future Advanced Payloads for Army UAS systems. Common Sensor Payload (CSP) - Acquisition Category (ACAT) III - Electro Optical / Infrared / Laser Designator (EO/IR/LD) provides Standard Definition (SD) or High Definition (HD) Full Motion Video (FMV) in both the Electro Optical and Mid Wave IR spectrums. These systems provide day/night capability to collect and display continuous imagery and the ability to designate targets of interest for attack by laser guided precision weapons. It is the EO/IR/LD sensor for the Gray Eagle UAS which supports intelligence gathering, force applications, battlespace awareness, force protection, and net-centric operations across the battlefield to provide wide area, near real time RSTA capabilities. Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 base dollars in the amount of $0.146 million and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) dollars in the amount of $34.1 million will fund product improvements to enhance CSP lethality through enhanced Target Location Accuracy (TLA) and usability through Tactical Awareness Improvement (TAI). TLA provides validated, precision geolocation data for real-time targeting by coordinate-seeking weapons, reducing the kill chain timeline from minutes to seconds. TAI provides the warfighter enhanced situational awareness of the battlefield thru full spectrum imaging, aided target recognition, and simultaneous targeting. Small TActical Radar - Lightweight (STARLite) provides Gray Eagle UAS multi-functional SAR/MTI and EO/IR cross-cueing capabilities for the detection, classification and location of stationary and moving vehicle and man-sized targets.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 11A_0305204A_7_2040_PB_2021
Related Documents
- Root: Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Child Accomplishment: STARLite Sensor Processing and Exploitation (SPE)
- Child Accomplishment: CSP Increased Usability and Lethality
- Child Cost Item: f245bfec6fdaf0619444237dbd7bc6dc
- Child Cost Item: 6f7c22506e32adc0df458e3610e5f003
- Child Cost Item: 355da5ac5e36060521f075d7d4eacb52
- Child Cost Item: 65264faea3d23a42d99ad9d8240f4e56
- Child Cost Item: 2f0549a92a43e9682aef1072fcfb32f1
- Child Cost Item: 83920b9b5402755bf7c87d5b2db5e8e1
- Child Cost Item: f32e94db1b62e0eb77ff36d617e7782e
- Child Cost Item: 8aace1d5b78050f7f8938e4f33fb01c6
- Child Cost Item: 5a4c7fb0309349837ef9f63de674bff8
- Child Cost Item: e9502e16387be1050184c500770fc624
- Child Cost Item: 2e4d61279cfa6175154405c5950550d7
- Child Cost Item: 7ecd391503a87d680e78451924b5e6f8
- Child Cost Item: 38dce64e742faa1d718ef7bfa2983749
- Child Cost Item: cf2262a325c8274c3f71a03ea4ee1f25
- Child Cost Item: 1c88a8e2e95356eafafdc35c6d6df89f
- Child Cost Item: 17145ce668545330a9921c57435715e0
- Child Cost Item: 30dad2ddcf5f1ef97aa85714ad184338
- Child Cost Item: 88363d7c23d842f78104ae4e7eb7050f