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Marines Plan To Eliminate RQ-21A Blackjack Drones

Marines Plan To Eliminate RQ-21A Blackjack Drones
The Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack drone.(Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)

The Marine Corps last week confirmed plans to divest of the RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the coming years due to relevancy issues. Last year, the Marine Corps released an annual update of the Force Design 2030, which outlines how the service plans to redesign the force for expeditionary warfare and the National Defense Strategy. In the document, the Marine Corps said it had “initiated the divestment of all RQ-21 aircraft.” Boeing’s [BA] Insitu Inc. builds the RQ-21A…

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