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MQ-1C Gray Eagle_SAR_Dec_2009.pdf

Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) RCS: DD-A&T(Q&A)823-420 MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (MQ-1C Gray Eagle) As of FY 2011 President's Budget Defense Acquisition Management Information Retrieval (DAMIR) UNCLASSIFIED -- 1 of 40 -- MQ-1C Gray Eagle December 2009 SAR UNCLASSIFIED 2 Table of Contents Common Acronyms and Abbreviations for MDAP Programs 3 Program Information 5 Responsible Office 5 References 5 Mission and Description 6 Executive Summary 7 Threshold Breaches 8 Schedule 9 Performance 11 Track to Budget 14 Cost and Funding 15 Low Rate Initial Production 28 Foreign Military Sales 29 Nuclear Costs 29 Unit Cost 30 Cost Variance 33 Contracts 35 Deliveries and Expenditures 38 Operating and Support Cost 39 -- 2 of 40 -- Common Acronyms and Abbreviations for MDAP Programs Acq O&M - Acquisition-Related Operations and Maintenance ACAT - Acquisition Category ADM - Acquisition Decision Memorandum APB - Acquisition Program Baseline APPN - Appropriation APUC - Average Procurement Unit Cost $B - Billions of Dollars BA - Budget Authority/Budget Activity Blk - Block BY - Base Year CAPE - Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation CARD - Cost Analysis Requirements Description CDD - Capability Development Document CLIN - Contract Line Item Number CPD - Capability Production Document CY - Calendar Year DAB - Defense Acquisition Board DAE - Defense Acquisition Executive DAMIR - Defense Acquisition Management Information Retrieval DoD - Department of Defense DSN - Defense Switched Network EMD - Engineering and Manufacturing Development EVM - Earned Value Management FOC - Full Operational Capability FMS - Foreign Military Sales FRP - Full Rate Production FY - Fiscal Year FYDP - Future Years Defense Program ICE - Independent Cost Estimate IOC - Initial Operational Capability Inc - Increment JROC - Joint Requirements Oversight Council $K - Thousands of Dollars KPP - Key Performance Parameter LRIP - Low Rate Initial Production $M - Millions of Dollars MDA - Milestone Decision Authority MDAP - Major Defense Acquisition Program MILCON - Military Construction N/A - Not Applicable O&M - Operations and Maintenance ORD - Operational Requirements Document OSD - Office of the Secretary of Defense O&S - Operating and Support PAUC - Program Acquisition Unit Cost MQ-1C Gray Eagle December 2009 SAR UNCLASSIFIED 3 -- 3 of 40 -- PB - President’s Budget PE - Program Element PEO - Program Executive Officer PM - Program Manager POE - Program Office Estimate RDT&E - Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation SAR - Selected Acquisition Report SCP - Service Cost Position TBD - To Be Determined TY - Then Year UCR - Unit Cost Reporting U.S. - United States USD(AT&L) - Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) MQ-1C Gray Eagle December 2009 SAR UNCLASSIFIED 4 -- 4 of 40 -- LTC Kevin Messer Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office SFAE-AV-UAS-MAE Building 5300 Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 Kevin.Messer@us.army.mil Phone: 256-313-4655 Fax: 256-313-5448 DSN Phone: 897-4655 DSN Fax: 897-5448 Date Assigned: March 26, 2009 Program Information Program Name Extended Range / Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aircraft System (ER/MP UAS) (ER/MP UAS) DoD Component Army Responsible Office References SAR Baseline (Development Estimate) FY 2011 President's Budget MQ-1C Gray Eagle December 2009 SAR UNCLASSIFIED 5 -- 5 of 40 -- Mission and Description Provides the Division Commander a dedicated, assured, multi-mission Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for the tactical fight assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in each Division and supports the Division Fires, Battlefield Surveillance Brigades (BSB) and Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs), based upon the Division Commander’s priorities. Provides Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA), command and control, communications relay, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronic Warfare (EW), attack, detection of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and battle damage assessment capability...