This Training and Readiness Manual contains revised standards and regulations regarding the training of Group 1 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operators.

Oct 9, 2020 · Today's VMU operates Group 3 UAS, while the CMC's 2030 force will operate Group 5 UAS. To achieve this future vision, an in stride transition is necessary to leverage current Group 3 operators...

Jun 18, 2024 · Its purpose is to clarify, familiarize, and reinforce adherence to Group 1 and 2 UAS policies that affect unit manning, training, equipping, operations, and safety and airspace integration with...

aircraft. Marine Corps UASs are distinguished from munitions, decoys, and other entities capable of unmanned flight in that they are generally intended for recovery and reuse after each mission....

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) classifies unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into "Groups" according to their size and capability, a joint system that replaced the service branches' separate categorization schemes in 2011. [1] [2] [3] The "Group" system has five categories, whose capabilities increase with the number. [4]

AWS–UAS sustains and enhances MAGTF warfighting capabilities. Marine unmanned aviation must thrive in forward, isolated, austere locations while fully integrating into the Naval Expeditionary...

VMU-1 has deployed in support of the 11th, 13th, and 15th Marine Expeditionary Units with its newest UAS, the RQ-21A Blackjack. Further in the fall of 2018, VMU-1 became the first Marine Corps...

Jun 15, 2018 · The evolving Marine Corps aviation assets, coupled with the reshaping of Marine Corps concepts of operations for conducting force insertion from the sea, are shaping a new capability and within that capability unmanned aerial assets are playing a key role.

Mar 9, 2018 · As part of the US Marine Corps' growth in airborne capabilities, an RFI for a new group five UAS has been released by the Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons.

Jun 26, 2017 · This Group 5 UAS will have an open architecture system allowing complete software upgradeability to keep abreast of threats. The RAAF speaks of the need to build in software transient advantage and this is clearly what the Marines are looking for in their new UAS system as envisaged.