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Report: Marines Tap Industry to Develop Expeditionary UAS Airframe, Software

Report: Marines Tap Industry to Develop Expeditionary UAS Airframe, Software - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Report: Marines Tap Industry to Develop Expeditionary UAS Airframe, Software - top government contractors - best government contracting eventThe U.S. Marine Corps has selected 11 companies to explore airframe and software models for the military service’s proposed unmanned aerial system with a vertical takeoff and landing feature, National Defense Magazine reported Friday.

USMC and Naval Air Systems Command officials started to visit factories after the service branch hosted an industry day for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force UAS Expeditionary project in June.

Col. James Frey, head of the UAS branch at USMC’s aviation, weapons and requirements office, told the publication he envisions a “runway-independent” drone that would perform air support, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, early warning and communications transmission functions.

He added the service looks to equip the MUX platform with Hellfire missiles, an advanced precision kill weapon system or laser-guided rockets and bombs.

The report noted that USMC plans to conduct an analysis of alternatives through fiscal 2019 and aims to issue a request for proposals by the end of the next fiscal year or in early 2020.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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