Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: No More Hunter Systems Should be Bought Until Problems are Fixed.

Abstract

The Hunter is a pilotless aircraft resembling a small airplane that is controlled from a ground station. (See fig. 1.) It is intended to perform reconnaissance, target acquisition, and other military missions by flying over enemy territory and transmitting video imagery back to ground stations for use by military commanders. The Hunter program (formerly called the Short-Range UAV program) began in 1989 as a joint-service effort in response to congressional concern over the proliferation of UAV5 by the different services and the need to acquire UAV5 that could meet the requirements of more than one service. DOD started the program by procuring two candidate systems for competitive testing. In early 1993, after the Hunter was selected as the winning system, DOD approved its low-rate initial production of seven systems and awarded a $171-million contract.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA292172

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Ground Stations
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Training
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs