The Marine Corps is on track to declare the RQ-21A Blackjack operational in either December or January, according to a service official. Col. Eldon Metzger, small tactical unmanned aircraft systems program manager, said Nov. 18 during a luncheon at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, there is "a lot" of interest from foreign nations about buying Blackjacks. The program office anticipates Low-Rate-Initial-Production Lot 5 will be awarded later in fiscal year 2016 with a full-rate production decision to follow, he...
