Wide Area Persistent Surveillance (TNWAS)
Abstract
The UAS Payloads program will develop and integrate Wide Area Persistent Surveillance (WAS) payloads for Marine Corps small tactical UASs. This capability fills current capability gaps for the Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission and will allow Marine Corps ISR assets the ability to improve battlefield awareness, improve the capability to assure access and hold at risk, and enable power projection in environments that are not currently accessible is an essential capability that facilitates the six functions of Marine Corps Aviation and the Marine Corps Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise across the range of military operations. The current payload in development is the Tactical Nighttime Wide Area Surveillance (TNWAS) payload. Future WAS payloads include the Spectral and Reconnaissance Imagery for Tactical Exploitation (SPRITE) payload. The WAS payloads will leverage payloads previously developed by other Services and/or DoD laboratories to reduce cost and minimize schedule.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2018
- Source ID
- 5504_0305242M_7_1319_PB_2018
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