Medium-Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System
Abstract
The Medium-Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System (MRMUAS) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle as a program commenced under PE 0305204N. This new PE was established to fund the Technology Development (TD) and Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phases of the MRMUAS program. The MRMUAS intended to provide persistent, sea-based, airborne, real-time and near-real-time Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance data to Maritime and Special Operations Forces (SOF). The MRMUAS will be capable of carrying reconfigurable, multi-Intelligence (multi-INT) payloads to extended ranges. MRMUAS will launch and recover vertically, making it employable from all air-capable ships, as well as land bases. The MRMUAS will be able to operate within line-of-sight of a ship, similar to the MQ-8 (Fire Scout) Vertical Take-Off Unmanned Aerial Vehicle , as well as in a remote, split-based mode that will allow take-off and landing from an air-capable ships and control hand-off to a Mission Control Element via Satellite Command for Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) operations. The MRMUAS will allow communications to relay between supported forces, as well as broadcast payload data to the supported forces. Interoperability will be achieved through the use of a common control station, also used by Fire Scout, with software modifications for the MRMUAS air vehicle and mission systems. The data from the MRMUAS will be provided through standard DoD Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance systems and networks. The MRMUAS system will be composed of air vehicles, associated spares and support equipment, multi-INT sensor payloads, and Ground Control Stations. The MRMUAS will support Surface Warfare, Strike Warfare, Information Warfare, Naval Special Warfare, Operations Outside Major Theaters of War, and Overseas Contingency Operations. MRMUAS is a potential joint program. In response to a Special Operations Forces (SOF) urgent need and Initial Capability Document that is endorsed by US Central Command, request for a sea based medium range, persistent ISR unmanned air system, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) evaluated options to meet this urgent requirement. This resulted in OSD directing the Navy to upgrade Fire Scout for increased endurance, procure additional aircraft and modify 12 additional ships in the Fiscal Year Defense Plan, to support multiple orbits through FY18, and to initiate a new start MRMUAS follow-on program. MRMUAS will provide the long term capability for the BLOS SOF and Navy Missions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 2770_0305237N_7_1319_PB_2012
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