Tier III UAV Systems

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Tier III UAV Systems

• LtCol Al Pratt
• APW, Avn Dept, HQMC

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Tier III UAVs

• Pioneer
• Current System
• Sustainment Program
• Vertical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VUAV)
• Future System that will support EMW

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Current Tier III Force Structure
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Tier III Pioneer

• Pioneer IOC in 1986
• OIF Flight Hours 8,000
• Program Flight Hours 36,000
• Sustainment Program
• Launchers (delivery 3rd Qtr FY-05)
• Current 5-Ton Truck Launcher
• New Towed Launcher (based on Shadow UAV
  Launcher)
• Air Vehicle (A/V) Trailers (delivery 3rd Qtr
  FY-05)
• Current A/V boxes are embarked on 7-Ton Trucks
  
• New A/V boxes on new trailer Towed by 7 Ton
  Truck
• Engines (delivery 1st Qtr FY-06)
• Current 26 hp no longer manufactured
• New 38 hp (same engine as Army Shadow UAV)
• New IFF (delivery 1st Qtr FY-06)
• Current Obsolete no longer manufactured
• New Supportable

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Tier III Pioneer (contd)

• Ground Control Stations (GCS) (delivery 3rd Qtr
  FY-06)
• Current Obsolete parts transported by 7-Ton
  Truck
• New Transported on back of HMMWV. Same One
  System GCS that the Army employs with the Shadow
  UAV.
• Datalink (delivery 3rd Qtr FY-06)
• Current C-band
• New Ku-band (Potential for TCDL upgrades, but
  not currently funded)
• Avionics Package (delivery 3rd Qtr FY-06)
• Current Modular Integrated Avionics Group
  (MIAG)
• New Modular Avionics Integrated System (MAIS)
  (same as Hunter UAV)
• Pioneer Urgent Universal Needs Statements (UUNS)
• Two UUNS 1) Improved Payload Optics, 2)
  Payload IR Pointer
• Submitted by I MEF Feb 05
• MROC approved now with ASN/RDA for funding

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VUAV Desired Capabilities

• Flexible
• Modular payloads
• Built-in communications relay
• Dynamic retasking
• Expeditionary
• Shipboard capable
• Operate from unprepared sites
• Small logistics tail
• Persistent
• 6 hours endurance per vehicle
• Survivable
• High reliability 92

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VUAV ConOps Attributes
Air Vehicle Data
Low RCS, Low IR, Low Noise, Low Visibility
Survivability
Air Vehicle Performance Data
Fuel JP-5/JP-8
240 knots
Cruise Speed
260 knots
Dash Speed
System Data
4.2 hours _at_ 110nm
Operational Radius
4 per system
Air Vehicles
Response time
Fully automated
Launch/Recovery
2.6 hours _at_ 240nm
Launch or reassign within 15 minutes of tasking
1.5 hours _at_ 340nm
18,000 ft msl
Service Ceiling
VMU
6 hours
Total Mission Time
4 per system
Air Vehicles
2 per system
GCS
VMU 4 systems/Sqdn
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VUAV Notional Payloads

• Plug and Play

Modular
Inter- changeable
Objective Weapons
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Questions?