UAV Systems Are Designed to Meet Operational Requirements

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• Day/night sensor
  
• Operate from unimproved surface
  
• Operate at ranges up to 27 nm
  
• Employ down-sized Hunter ground equipment (Ground Control Station, Ground Data Terminal, and Remote Video Terminal)

• ACTD-like approach
  
• Contractor integrates air vehicle with GFE (down-sized ground control station, data and video terminals)
  
• Field first system by FY98
  
• Nondevelopmental item (NDI) procurement for components with cost as major criterion
  Major Accomplishments

• Down-sized ground control station contract awarded to TRW September 1994
  
• Integrated Product Team (IPT) created June 1995
  
• Tiger Team developed streamlined acquisition plan, followed by OSD decision to employ ACTD-like approach

PIONEER & HUNTER
Costs FY95 FY96 FY97	Pioneer* $26.1M $36.8M $59.2M	Hunter (w/C&I)* $305.2M $106.5M $226.1M

*FY96/97 President's Budget

Program Requirements

• Operate up to 15,000 ft and at ranges > 100 nm
  
• Pioneer: Provide interim IMINT for tactical commanders (on land and afloat), pending fielding of Hunter
  
• Hunter: Provide responsive IMINT to tactical commanders; operate from unimproved runways and from ships

  Acquisition Strategy

• Pioneer: NDI acquisition, nine systems
  
• Hunter: Acquisition Category (ACAT) I program; competitive buy; seven LRIP systems (at not-to-exceed priced option); MS III to determine full production quantity; adopting a robust test-analyze-fix-test approach
  Major Accomplishments

• Pioneer: Haiti, Balkan ops in September 1994. Now on two Navy LPD class ships (two more funded). Pioneer Readiness Improvement Program initiated to keep readiness above 85% (mid-FY96 on)
  
• Hunter: Independent Assessment of Joint Tactical Hunter UAV Program (March 1995). System #5 was accepted August 1995; expect all seven LRIP systems during FY96

• Long-range, long-dwell, near-real-time intelligence and RSTA
  
• Operate up to 25,000 ft and at ranges up to 500 nm
  
• Use high-resolution SAR with EO/IR for IMINT

  Acquisition Strategy

• ACTD to determine optimal technical approach for endurance UAVs and develop CONOPS
  
• Develop post-ACTD transition program, while maintaining production base initiated by the first 10 vehicles
  Major Accomplishments

• Flew > 40 hrs on one mission (January 1995)
  
• 10 AVs, 2 GCSs delivered (as of August 1995)
  
• Highly successful participation in Exercise Roving Sands (April - May 1995)
  
• Deployed to EUCOM to support UN operations in Bosnia (Summer/Fall 1995)

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HAE UAVs
Costs FY95 FY96 FY97	CONV HAE#* $74.1M $117.0M $112.5M	LO HAE* $61.2M $48.0M $41.0M

*FY96/97 President's Budget
#Includes HAE CGS and Support

Program Requirements

• Unit flyaway price (UFP) limit of $10M (FY94 $) for AVs #11 - 20 (including payload); i.e., assure affordability of new technologies and high performance
  
• Operate above 45,000 ft and at ranges of >500 nm (LO HAE) to 3000 nm (CONV HAE)
  Acquisition Strategy

• ACTDs of two technologies in HAE UAV roles
  
• Use ARPA's Other Transactions Authority to streamline acquisition process
  
• Anticipate production decisions beginning FY98 after two-year user demonstrations completed
  Major Accomplishments

• CONV HAE UAV: 5 contractor teams completed Phase I (Design); Phase II (Development) award to Teledyne Ryan (May 1995)
  
• LO HAE UAV #1 rollout in June 1995 at Lockheed "Skunk Works" facility, less than 11 months after contract award to Lockheed/Boeing team