Expeditionary sUAS Development
Abstract
The Navy Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FoSUAS) program supports Naval Special Warfare (NSW), Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), Expeditionary Exploitation Unit ONE (EXU-1), Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD), and Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS). 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. FY24 to FY25 increase due to movement of cost share from corollary USMC program and transition of SRA to implementation and updates phase. Additionally, increase includes Information Assurance, Cyber and Engineering Analysis validation efforts (Interim Flight Clearances (IFC), Authority To Operate (ATO), Cyber Testing) of system configuration modifications/upgrades.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 3446_0604230N_5_1319_PB_2025
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