Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Questionable Basis for Revisions to Shadow 200 Acquisition Strategy

Abstract

The Army plans to buy 44 Shadow 200 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle systems. Each system Includes three unmanned aircraft (equipped with a imagery sensors); a vehicle to carry the aircraft; two ground control stations mounted on vehicles; and launch, recovery; and support equipment pulled on trailers behind the vehicles. From Inside the ground control station, soldiers operating the unmanned aircraft will fly them over hostile or contested territory; collecting imagery of areas of Interest for Army commanders so they can detect, identify and locate enemy forces. The acquisition cost, Including research and development costs, for the 44 systems is an estimated $430 million through 2004.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA382193

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Army Procurement
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs