Marine Group 5 UAS Development
Abstract
The FY 2025 MALE program funding, PE 0603128N, addresses Tier 1 capability gaps identified in the October 2016 MUX ICD and April 2020 MUX Requirements Clarification document. Project 3448 - The first Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Expeditionary (MUX) Family of Systems (FoS) element is Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance (MALE), a land-based Group 5 UAS based on the MQ-9A weapon system. MALE provides Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) in support of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), Littoral Operations in Contested Environments (LOCE), and Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and an advanced, unmanned, multi-mission capability for the MAGTF and Marine Littoral Regiment. MALE will award contracts for initial MQ-9A mission capabilities (payloads/sensors) design, development and integration with payloads supporting Tier 1 mission capabilities. Payload/sensor capabilities consists of Common Operating and Intelligence Picture (COP/CIP) development and integration, Detect And Avoid System (DAAS), Airborne Network Extension (ANE)/ SkyTower II, Electronic Warfare (EW), Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO). The USMC MALE program will be supported by UX-24 as the primary test activity/squadron for capability development as well as system modification validation efforts. UX-24 will provide direct support of testing associated with payloads/sensors in support of USMC requirements. The payloads/sensors which undergo testing may require or drive hardware and software modifications during testing to satisfy system, subsystem and component level test parameters.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 3448_0603128N_4_1319_PB_2025
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