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UAS ROADMAP 2005
is NSWC Panama City, and the transition Manager is NAVSEA PMS 420, the Littoral Combat Ship
(LCS) Mission Modules Program Office.
JUSC 2 will provide the LCS a capability to concurrently operate a large number of unmanned systems
specifically of interest to the Navy, including USVs; UUVs ; and UA. Additionally, JUSC 2 will provide
the interfaces and means for LCS to also operate the Army's Shadow 200 UA at LVL 4/5 and the USAF
Predator B UA (actually a surrogate - most likely General Atomics I-GNAT) at LVL 3 via a STANAG
4586 compliant Common Unmanned systems Control Station (CUCS).
Finally, JUSC 2 will also provide a means for LCS to operate Army and USAF (as well as Navy) UGVs
via a JAUS-compliant common control system developed by USAF (AFRL - Tyndall). By applying both
JAUS and STANAG 4586 to a large number of unmanned vehicles, JUSC 2 will demonstrate that the
Navy can use Army and USAF UA and UGVs, and that other services in littoral or riverine situations can
take control of and use Navy unmanned vehicles, such as USVs and potentially UUVs and UGVs.
The JUSC 2 ACTD has a prototype system called Unmanned Vehicles Common Control (UVCC) installed
onboard HSV-2 SWIFT. UVCC v8.1a, which was tested on HSV-2 in FY04, was delivered to the LCS
Flight 0 prime contractors on 18 August 2004. This initial spiral provides interfaces to USVs and UUVs.
A second spiral, UVCC v8.2, was installed onboard HSV-2 in September 2004. This second spiral adds
an interface for Fire Scout VTUAV via the Tactical Control System (TCS). JUSC 2 will be completed
with a full at-sea demonstration during JFTX-07 in early FY2007. Transition will then continue under the
LCS acquisition program.
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