Unmanned Aerial System Target (UAS-T)

The UAS-T provides a visual and performance representation of the class of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (UAV) systems likely to be currently employed against U.S. and allied forces or in the foreseeable future. The air vehicle can be controlled manually by the CloudCap Piccolo autopilot and by the Target Tracking and Control System - UHF (TTCS-U) that are available on most Department of Defense test ranges. The UAS-T air vehicle incorporates a programmable autopilot to support a wide variety of repeatable flight profiles to represent UAV operations in a variety of mission profiles. UAS-T systems have been available to support test and training needs from April 2008 with existing prototype air vehicles. Production systems will be available beginning in 2009 to support target requirements.