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Navy Issues RFI To Expand Unmanned ISR

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Navy Issues RFI To Expand Unmanned ISR
A Textron Aerosonde Unmanned Aerial Surveillance (UAS) vehicle, named Buck G, returns to the Expeditionary Sea Base ship USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4) from a 10- hour night surveillance in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 26, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps by Sgt. Megan Roses/Released)

The Navy this week issued a  Request for Information (RFI) that aims to increase the number of partners to provide small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) performing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions for the Navy and Marine Corps. The Jan. 21 RFI said the Navy is working to ultimately competitively procure Contractor Owned Contractor Operated (COCO) services to provide UAS ISR services for the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (STUAS) Program Office (PMA-263). This follows the…

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