RQ-7 Shadow UAV
Abstract
The Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) RQ-7 provides the Army Brigade Commander with dedicated Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA), Intelligence, Battle Damage Assessment (BDA), and Force Protection. In line with the Army's Aviation Restructure Initiative (ARI) three Shadow Platoons are being integrated into the Combat Aviation Brigade's (CAB) Apache Reconnaissance Battalion. This will provide Aviation Brigades with Manned-Unmanned-Teaming (MUM-T) and enhanced Aerial Scout capabilities. The RQ-7B Shadow has logged over 975,000 flight hours, most of which were flown in support of Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). The full Shadow system consists of four air vehicles with payload, two Universal Ground Control stations, two Universal Ground Data Terminals, one Portable Ground Control Station with Portable Ground Data Terminal, Ground Support Equipment, two launchers, ten High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) with trailer(s), and a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle. Each system is equipped with one Maintenance Section Multifunctional (MSM) and is supported at the division level by a Mobile Maintenance Facility (MMF). The baseline fielded payload was the electro-optic infrared (EO/IR), but half of those were replaced with a Laser Designator (LD) payload. All 104 systems required by the Army Procurement Objective (APO) have been procured. In 2010 the Army G8 established an RQ-7B Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) MODs program. This budget line procures modifications including the Shadow v2, System Modifications, Mission Simulators, and One System Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) upgrades. Implements Shadow RQ-7BV2: Tactical Common Data Link with Type 1 Encryption and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) interoperability; solves obsolescence associated with legacy computer hardware and the SOLARIS operating system. Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) and initial spares are also included. Justification: Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 RQ-7 UAV Base funding of $4.597 million will be used for capability and reliability improvements. Air Vehicle Improvements include the ability to operate in Global Positioning System (GPS) denied environments. Additionally, funds will be for system engineering and system test and evaluation support. Base funding will also be used to incorporate enhanced performance and interoperability into the OSRVT.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- RQ7_0305233A_7_2040_PB_2017
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- Root: RQ-7 UAV
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