RQ-21A set for August OPEVAL with US Marine Corps

摘要

The US Marine Corps (USMC) is expected to take delivery in August 2013 of the first of two low-rate initial production (LRIP) RQ-21A unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) that will support operational evaluation at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at 29 Palms, California. The second of the LRIP systems is scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2013, USMC Colonel Jim Rector, RQ.-21A programme manager, told IHS Jane's.