The Marines are working to put a weapon on the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle after receiving an urgent needs statement from the field in Afghanistan, according to Lt. Col. George Beach, the unmanned aerial systems coordinator for Marine Corps Headquarters Aviation, who outlined the requirements for the new weapon in a Feb. 2 speech at an unmanned systems conference Feb. 2 in Washington. Beach listed six requirements for the upgrades: that the payload be less than 25 pounds; that...
