Developed jointly by AAI Corporation and Israel Aircraft Industries, the RQ-2 Pioneerunmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has served with United StatesNavy, Marine, and Army units, deploying aboard ship and ashore since 1986. Initially deployed aboard battleships to provide gunnery spotting, its mission evolved into reconnaissance and surveillance, primarily for amphibious forces. Launched by rocket assist (shipboard), by catapult, or from a runway, it recovers into a net (shipboard) or with arresting gear after flying up to 4 hours with a 75-pound payload. It flies with a gimbaled EO/IR sensor, relaying analog video in real time via a C-band line-of-sight (LOS) data link. Since 1991, Pioneer has flown reconnaissance missions during the Persian Gulf, Bosnia, and Kosovo conflicts. In 2000, the Navy operated three Pioneer systems (one for training) and the Marines two, each with five aircraft. Pioneer was replaced by the Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical UAV (VTUAV).
The "R" is the Department of Defense designation for reconnaissance; "Q" means unmanned aircraft system. The "2" refers to it being the second of a series of purpose-built unmanned reconnaissance aircraft systems. See also RQ-1 Predator, RQ-3 Dark Star, RQ-4 Global Hawk, RQ-5 Hunter, RQ-6 Outrider, and RQ-7 Shadow.
General Characteristics
Primary Function: gunnery spotting, reconnaissance and surveillance for amphibious forces
Israel Aircraft Industries or IAI is Israel's prime aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial systems for both military and civilian usage.
In addition to local construction of fighter aircraft, IAI also builds civil aircraft (for Gulfstream, on the G100/G150 and G200) and performs local maintenance of foreign-built fighters.
Although the IAI main focus is aviation and high-tech electronics, it also manufactures military system for ground and naval forces.
A pioneer of free jazz and the avant-garde, Bley performed with a wide range of creative improvisers in a career that has spanned seven decades.
IAI was most active in the 1970s, when it developed a catalogue of recordings by Bley and other jazz artists and promoted an ambitious roster of jazz artists for live performance.
Editing and mixing decisions in IAI videos were improvised simultaneously as the music was performed, to parallel the creative process of jazz.
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