Expeditionary sUAS Development

Abstract

The Navy Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FoSUAS) program supports Naval Special Warfare (NSW) and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), as well as Expeditionary Exploitation Unit ONE (EXU-1) and Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD). The program procures existing and emerging technologies (including enhancement kits/payloads) in Fixed Wing (FW) and Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) solution sets for core mission requirements and are critical in providing force protection, reconnaissance and surveillance, and repair of battle-damaged facilities and other infrastructure. FoSUAS includes Short Range/Short Endurance (SR/SE) and Medium Range/ Medium Endurance (MR/ME) categories of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) with each category tailored toward specific mission needs/profiles. As such, a mix of Type/Model/Series (T/M/S) SUAS makes up the FoSUAS Program of Record (POR) as addressed in the Navy's FoSUAS Top Level Requirement (TLR) document. In addition to supporting the requirements in the Rucksack Portable Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (RPUAV) Operational Requirements Document (ORD) and Navy FoSUAS TLR, RDTE funding for the FoSUAS program conducts activities including, but not be limited to, engineering analysis of commercial systems, operational assessments, Field User Evaluations (FUEs), support of Urgent Universal Needs Statements (UUNS), cyber/IA assessments, development of SUAS Reusable Architectures (SRA) and other efforts to inform future Navy systems procurements. FY23 to FY24 decrease due to a reduction of technology demonstration, verification, and validation efforts.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 3446_0604230N_5_1319_PB_2024

Tags

Readers

• Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
• Marksmanship and Weaponry.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Autonomy - UAVs
• Cyber