MUX UAV requirements

摘要

The US Marine Corps remains on track for a 2020 down-select for its Marine Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) UAV, which is seen as being a critical part of its future capability to carry out networked expeditionary combat operations. At a meeting with industry at the Marine Corps base at Quantico, Virginia, on June 6-7, the Marines described their desired performance as similar to the MQ-1 Predator, but capable of operating from unimproved airfields and amphibious warfare ships, although the programme's requirements and cost caps will not be approved until an analysis of alternative systems study is concluded later this year.