DefenceTalkThe Department of the Navy’s new, versatile small unmanned aircraft system made its first operational deployment overseas at the end of April with a Marine UAS squadron. Marines from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2, located at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, will use its small UAS, RQ-21A Blackjack, for intelligence, surveillance, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/marines-deploy-with-first-unmanned-rq-21a-blackjack-system-59525/

DefenceTalkThe RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) completed its first East Coast flight from Webster Field Annex on June 12, marking the start of the next phase of test for the program. A team from the Navy and Marine Corps STUAS program office (PMA-263) here and industry partner Insitu, Inc., are conducting flight operations […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rq-21a-small-uas-completes-first-east-coast-flight-48109/

DefenceTalkThe Navy’s RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) completed its first flight at sea Feb. 10 from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). The system completed three months of land-based trial flights at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, Calif., before launching from a LPD-class ship. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rq-21a-small-tactical-unmanned-air-system-completes-first-ship-based-flight-46782/