The Shadow Unmanned Aerial System

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The Shadow Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is composed of 8 systems, four RQ-7B or Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), two Ground Control Stations (GCS), one Portable Ground Control Station (PGCS), two Ground Data Terminals (GDT), two Tactical Automated Landing Systems (TALS), four One Sys Remote Viewing Terminals (OSRVT), an Air Vehicle Transport (AVT), and a Maintenance Support Multifunction (MSM) maintenance vehicle. The RQ-7B has a flight endurance of up to 9 hours, an operating range of 109 KM and a service ceiling of 15,000 ft. The system is designed to packed up within two C-130 Hercules aircraft and deployed to anywhere in the world. The Shadow is designed to carry a variety of payloads such as a lightweight communications relay package that is used to extend the distance ground units can communicate and to circumvent line of sight issues, Quick-MEDS, which is a medical emergency delivery system and a signals interception package however the main payload for the Shadow is the POP-300. The POP-300 is an electro-optical day or night observation, surveillance, and targeting system complete with a laser designator (Ltd). The Shadow UAS is a Brigade level asset with a primary mission of reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting, and assessment. The Shadow UAV allows supported commanders to answer their priority intelligence requirements by allowing them to see the battlefield in near-real time, to conduct surveillance missions, recon sectors in their area of operations (AO), provide accurate targeting data and it can assist Commanders in understanding the situation on the ground so they can act in a decisive manner. In order to ensure that a unit receives the best Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) support, u... ... middle of paper ... ...ly can have a large impact on the COISTs mission. The ability to see the situation on the ground, see what your Soldiers are doing and how the enemy is reacting is an invaluable tool. When the Shadow UAS is employed properly it has the ability to transmit its imagery straight to a customer for immediate analysis or it can transmit its imagery and telemetry to the All Sources Analysis Systems for Imagery Analysts to analyze the data and imagery and provide answers to the Commanders Priority Intelligence Requests. Works Cited Army, Headquarter Department of the. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operation. Washington D.C., 4 April 2008. Learned, Center for Army Lessons. "COIST: Company Intelligence Support Team." Center for Army Lessons Learned, January 2010. Ltd, Israel Aerospace Industries. Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. 2002. 21 June 2011 .

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