US Army accelerates acquisition and field of company-level sUAS
PDW C-100 is among the systems acquired under the MRR effort. (Photo: Performance Drone Works)
The service has been using a Directed Requirement (DR) approach to speed up the deployment of a Medium Range Reconnaissance capability.
The US Army has been rapidly advancing its plans to equip companies with Group 2 small-UAS (sUAS) as part of the Medium Range Reconnaissance (MRR) initiative. The goal is to provide soldiers with real-time organic reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) capabilities to be deployed in near-peer, contested environments.
In order to accelerate the acquisition and field of new systems, the service has been using a Directed Requirement (DR) approach, which enables initiating prototyping and experimentation efforts to inform requirements and improve doctrine, tactics, training and maintenance concepts before starting a programme of record.
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