{"id":11757,"date":"2019-04-10T23:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/10\/new-radar-for-blackjack-drones-hardly-a-gamble\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:41:11","slug":"new-radar-for-blackjack-drones-hardly-a-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2019\/04\/10\/new-radar-for-blackjack-drones-hardly-a-gamble\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the Marines getting night-vision drones?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RQ-21 Blackjack drone, a small unmanned system originally designed for the Navy, is exactly as expeditionary as its trailer-launcher and skyhook recovery system let it be. Because it doesn\u2019t need additional fixed infrastructure (think: runways), the Blackjack is a useful platform for real-time information, launched by Marines on land or on ships. On April 9, Utah\u2019s IMSAR LLC announced it has configured its NSP-5 standard sensor payload as a possible mission kit for the Blackjack drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new radar payload lets the drone create synthetic-aperture radar imagery, observe and note changes in the area it is surveilling, and also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imsar.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/nsp-5_datasheet_spreads.pdf\" target=_blank>track moving targets<\/a> on the ground. Marines watching from a control station can then take that processed information and send it out to units in the field, giving them useful real-time information for operations. Synthetic aperture radar, or SAR, is particularly appealing to Marines in this case because it can collect imagery at night or during inclement weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More capability for the Blackjack drone is likely a welcome development, as Marines in 2018 found they were flying the RQ-21s more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/20862\/marine-rq-21-blackjack-drones-are-flying-three-times-more-than-expected-in-iraq-and-syria\" target=\"_blank\">three times as much<\/a> as expected in operations in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new radar is part of a program dubbed \u201cSplit Aces,\u201d which doubles-down on the operational needs of the existing high-tempo missions. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.candp.marines.mil\/Programs\/Focus-Area-4-Modernization-Technology\/Part-2-Information-Operations\/Part-22-ISR\/UAS-Sensor-Payload\/\">a Marine Corps fact sheet<\/a>, the program was expected to begin procurement and delivery this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everywhere the United States fights or backs others with air support, drones can provide detailed information about the battlefield, look out for new threats, and guide long-range weapons with more accuracy. Staying ahead of adversaries in the field can be a moving target, so it helps to have a technical solution. Or at least, a solution to technicals. 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