Expeditionary sUAS Development
Abstract
Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FoSUAS) procures small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) to provide NSW and other Navy units with scalable airborne Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) capabilities to aid in detecting, identifying, engaging, and/or avoiding enemy units/other enemy activities and to provide force protection. Currently procured RQ-20 Puma (the existing Medium Range/Medium Endurance (MR/ME) solution set) under the Rucksack Portable Unmanned Aerial System (RPUAS) Operational Requirements Document (ORD) and various Nano/Vertical Takeoff & Landing (VTOL) SUAS will meet validated operational requirements in accordance with the ORD, the NSW addendum to the approved Expeditionary Organic Tactical Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability Set (EOTACS) Capabilities Development Document (CDD), and the pending Navy SUAS Top Level Requirements (TLR) document . The FoSUAS represent the current and future solutions for capability needs as the Navy finalizes the transition of existing requirements to address the RSTA capability set via a new Capability Development Document (CDD), the intended successor to the aforementioned requirements documents. The new CDD shall incorporate unique mission kits, mission payloads, air vehicle enhancements, and modifications of UAS and related Ground Control Stations (GCS) for the family of Group 1 tactical SUAS systems including Group 1 Short Range/Short Endurance (SR/SE), Group 1 MR/ME, and Group 2 Long Range/Long Endurance (LR/LE). Group 1 SUAS are systems less than 20 pounds in weight and Group 2 are systems between 21 pounds and 55 pounds in weight. In addition to supporting the requirements in the ORD, EOTACS CDD, pending TLR document, and the future FoSUAS CDD, RDTE funding for the FoSUAS program will be utilized to conduct activities including, but not be limited to, Field User Evaluations (FUEs) to support Urgent Universal Needs Statements (UUNS) and other requirements documents to inform future Navy systems procurements, testing and validation of alternative solution sets to the capability requirements, and cyber certifications of candidate SUAS that meet operational requirements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 3446_0604230N_5_1319_PB_2022
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