26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that the company's Unmanned Systems Division is opening administrative and engineering offices and production facilities in Oklahoma City to accommodate expected increased demand for high performance, jet powered unmanned aerial tactical and target drone systems. U.S.Kratos Opens Oklahoma Design and Production Facilities to Meet Increased Demand for Unmanned Aerial Drone Systems 22.9 KB Army Research, Development and Engineering Command RDECOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, which has the mission to provide innovative research, development and engineering to produce capabilities for decisive overmatch to the Army against the complexities of the current and future operating environments in support of the Joint Warfighter and the Nation. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center is part of the U.S. TMO will continue to locate more cost effective solutions to improve the MQM-107 and more effectively meet customer requirements. "It's great for engineers to have a challenge," said Kris Strope, chief, Aerodynamic Technology. "We kept modifying instead of giving up and buying new." TMO practiced obsolescence at a high level, looking for refurbished parts and buying all they could for their stock.
"It is a good example of Army efficiency," said Jim Schwierling, TMO project director, High and Medium Speed Aerial Targets. The team proved the technology could survive through budgets cuts. They used their technologies' advantages to create leverage. They had to really think outside of the box," said Clark Roberts, engineer, Fixed Wing Lab. "To keep costs low TMO had to think of unique and novel solutions. To keep this system alive for so many decades, the team had to come up with creative ideas and innovative techniques. It got me out of the office and into the field." At its high point, TMO was running about 200 missions a year on average. "In the early years, it was always something different. "It has lasted longer than it was ever intended to," said Don Ferguson, lead engineer, Fixed Wing Lab.įerguson spent 24 years of his 35 year government career working on this technology. The TMO has been maintaining its technology for over 30 years. The vehicle's capability to carry various payloads makes it highly adaptable. Hard points on each wing provide for the operation of towed targets weighing up to 100 pounds. The Army Ground Aerial Target Control System allows for remote operation of the MQM-107E.
It is capable of airspeeds of 250 to 535 knots at altitudes of 50,000 to 40,000 feet. MQM-107E is 18 feet long and has a wingspan of 10 feet. Improvements continued until development of the MQM-107E. Development started in 1972 with the first MQM-107A fielded in 1976. Research began on the MQM-107A in 1969 as the variable speed training target.
The MQM-107 is the single work horse in the subsonic fixed wing regime for training, research, development, test and evaluation efforts for the Army. With 16 on location and others in use out of the country or owned by special programs, the MQM-107 is needed for training and testing. The Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation's Targets Management Office received the request from WSMR for additional MQM-107 vehicles. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center. (March 6, 2017) - Due to high demand, the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., requested MQM-107 vehicles developed by the U.S.
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