STUAS

Abstract

The Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) is a combined Navy and Marine Corps program that provides Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance/Target Acquisition support for tactical level maneuver decisions and unit level force defense/force protection for Naval amphibious assault ships (multi-ship classes) and Navy and Marine land forces. This system will support Naval Missions such as building the Recognized Maritime Picture, Maritime Security Operations, Maritime Interdiction Operations, and provide support for Naval Units operating from sea/shore in Overseas Contingency Operations. Costs are shared between the two services. A STUAS system (Land-based or Ship-based) consists of five (5) air vehicles, Ground Control Station, Launch and Recovery equipment, and associated support equipment. The STUAS system will continue to evolve and upgrade capabilities to satisfy capabilities shortfalls, new requirements, and reliability, maintainability, and safety issues. Upgraded capabilities may include Navy Command and Control integration, Signals Intelligence and Synthetic Aperture Radar payloads, weapons integration, Heavy Fuel Engine, Laser Designator and Digital Common Data Link.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 3192_0305234N_7_1319_PB_2014

Tags

Fields of Study

• Engineering
• Environmental science

Readers

• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Directed Energy
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control