Redwire has received purchase orders totaling more than $20 million from the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office to deliver Advanced Navigation versions of the Stalker Block 30 UAS.
The award marks the Marine Corps’ first acquisition of Redwire’s Advanced Navigation configuration of the Stalker Block 30, which will join the nearly 250 existing Stalker aircraft already fielded by the service. Each system consists of air vehicles, ISR camera payloads, short, medium, and long-range ground control stations, and associated support kits.
The Advanced Navigation configuration is designed for long-range reconnaissance missions in GPS-denied environments, a capability that has become increasingly central to contested operations. The Stalker platform has accumulated hundreds of thousands of operational flight hours across six continents over a 20-year service history.
Redwire manufactures Stalker at facilities in California, Alabama, and Michigan. The system holds DIU Blue UAS Cleared List designation, confirming compliance with Department of Defense cybersecurity, data protection, and operational reliability standards.
