U.S. Army Demonstrates Small UAS Family of Systems
August 04, 2010
The Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) Product Office (PdO) has begun a 1-year demonstration and evaluation period in Afghanistan for a Family of Small Air Vehicles.
The Family of Systems (FoS) demonstration is the first excursion for the SUAS PdO into an expanded inventory of small unmanned aircraft. The 1/101 Brigade Combat Team (BCT) is the first unit to receive the FoS equipment and will receive 15 systems. These systems will consist of the Wasp air vehicle to support platoon reconnaissance, the current Raven air vehicle, focused on company-level operations, and a Puma-All Environment (AE) air vehicle supporting battalion-level operations - all controlled by a common ground station.
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