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DARO Organization

Since its establishment DARO has been responsible for overall budget preparation and oversight of the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Program (DARP). The DARP comprises Joint Service and Defense-wide airborne reconnaissance programs, and includes manned and unmanned systems, and their associated sensors, data links, and ground systems. DARO was established as a DoD organization responsible for management oversight of the development and acquisition of al joint Military Department and Defense-wide airborne reconnaissance capabilities, encompassing manned and unmanned aerial vehicles, their sensors, data links, data relays, and ground stations, to include modifications of Military Department- and Defense Agency-unique ground stations to achieve and maintain interoperability.

The Services remain the acquisition executives for existing programs and their life-cycle support, while the DARO oversees the development, demonstration, acquisition and support of all airborne reconnaissance systems.

• The Navy's Program Executive Officer for Cruise Missiles and Joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (PEO(CU)), supported by the Army's JT UAV Program Office (at Huntsville, AL), manages the JT UAV acquisition program
• The PEO(CU)'s Navy UAV Program Office (PMA-263) is responsible for the Pioneer program and Navy liaison for the HAE ACTD
• The PEO(CU)'s System Engineering Directorate is managing the MAE ACTD
• The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), supported by its HAE UAV Program Office (at Arlington, VA), is managing the two-aircraft HAE ACTD.

Sources and Methods

• Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (DARO) Department of Defense Directive Number 5134.11 April 5,1995

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