Acquisition of the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Abstract

The Vertical Take-off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system will operate from ships and land to provide reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition and to relay communications for littoral operations of the Navy and Marine Corps. The Vertical Take-off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system will collect and pass information to provide the commander with an extended battlespace situational awareness and information superiority, contributing to full- dimensional protection of the force and precision engagement of the enemy. The program office estimates that 23 systems will cost $171 million for research, development, test, and evaluation and $873 million for procurement. The full-rate production decision is scheduled for January 2004.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 14, 2001
Accession Number
ADA397382

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Information Systems
  • Military Acquisition
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Procurement
  • Radio Frequency
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

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Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs