Expeditionary sUAS Development
Abstract
Naval Expeditionary Warfare includes Naval Special Warfare (NSW) and all subordinate commands that are aligned under Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) which includes Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Naval Construction Force (NCF), and Mobile Diving and Salvage (MDS). The Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FoSUAS) procures small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) to provide NSW, NECC and other Navy units with scalable airborne Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) capabilities. These capabilities are required to aid in detecting, identifying, engaging, and/or avoiding enemy units/other enemy activities, conduct Area Survey/Mapping, perform Route/Road Reconnaissance, assist in Expeditionary Airfield Damage Repair (ExADR), facilitate Port Damage Repair, and provide force protection. Currently procured, and planned procurement of, Fixed Wing (FW) and Vertical Takeoff & Landing (VTOL) SUAS solution sets (includes Short Range/Short Endurance (SR/SE), Medium Range/Medium Endurance (MR/ME), Long Range/Long Endurance (LR/LE)) will meet validated operational requirements in accordance with the and the approved Navy Expeditionary FoSUAS PoR Top Level Requirements (TLR) document. In addition to supporting the requirements in the Rucksack Portable Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (RPUAV) Operational Requirements Document (ORD), and TLR, RDTE funding for the FoSUAS program will be utilized to conduct activities including, but not be limited to, engineering analysis of Commercial Systems, operational assessments, Field User Evaluations (FUEs), efforts to support Urgent Universal Needs Statements (UUNS), development of tactics, techniques, and procedures, development of SUAS Reusable Architectures (SRA) 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. The funding increase from FY22 to FY23 supports increased NSW operational demand, addition of NECC efforts and continued SRA development and test and evaluation. Schedule change includes additional fidelity into planned activities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 3446_0604230N_5_1319_PB_2023
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