RQ-7Bv2 Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS)Video by Sgt. Uriel Avendano and Sgt. Travis Gershaneck Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
The RQ-7Bv2 Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) provides reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and force protection for the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) in near-real-time during day, night and limited adverse weather conditions. The system is compatible with the All Source Analysis System, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System, Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Common Ground Station, Joint Technical Architecture – Army, the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment and the Universal Ground Control Station (UGCS). The RQ-7Bv2 Shadow can be transported by six Air Force C-130 aircraft. It is currently operational in both the Army and Marine Corps.
SPECIFICATIONS
Wingspan: 20 feet
Gross takeoff weight: 440-plus pounds
Payload capacity: 60 pounds
Endurance: 8-plus hours on-station at a distance of 50 km
Capable of cooperative engagements with AH-64E Apache for MUM-T
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) conducts its first launch of an RQ-7Bv2 “Shadow” unmanned aircraft system at the Canon Air Defense Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Saturday, March 26, 2016.