A US Marine Corps RQ-21A Blackjack was flown for the first time in Australia as part of the annual Marine Rotational Force—Darwin on August 8. Marine Unmanned Arial Vehicle Squadron 3 ...

Marines launch and retrieve an RQ-21A Blackjack from the flight deck of the USS San Diego. The drone is used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. The drone's wing is caught ...

The service made the contract action under a $160 million contract awarded in 2022. RQ-21A Blackjack is a small tactical UAS designed to perform both land and sea operations to support ...

Col. Jonathan Boersma, VMUT-2 commander. The unit transitioned from an operational RQ-21A Blackjack drone squadron to the Corps' Reaper Fleet Replacement Squadron in July 2023, according to the ...

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