The Shadow Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) consists of 8 systems, four RQ-7B or Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), two Ground Control Stations (GCS) , one Portable Ground Control Station (PGCS), two Ground Data Terminals (GDTs), two Tactical Automated Landing Systems (TALS), four One Sys Remote View Terminals (OSRVTs), one Air Transport (AVT) and one Support vehicle maintenance multifunction (MSM). The RQ-7B has a flight endurance of up to 9 hours, an operational range of 109 KM and a service altitude of 15,000 feet. The system is designed to be housed in two C-130 Hercules aircraft and deployed anywhere in the world. The Shadow is designed to carry a variety of payloads, such as a lightweight communications relay package used to extend the distance over which ground units can communicate and to circumvent line-of-sight issues, Quick-MEDS, which is a emergency medical delivery system and a signal intercept package, however the Shadow's primary payload is the POP-300. The POP-300 is a day or night electro-optical observation, surveillance and targeting system complete with a laser designator (Ltd). The Shadow UAS is a brigade-level asset with a primary mission of reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting and evaluation. The Shadow UAV enables supported commanders to address their priority intelligence needs by allowing them to see the battlefield in near real time, conduct surveillance missions, reconnaissance sectors in their area of ​​operations (AO), provide targeting data accurate and can assist commanders in understanding the situation on the ground so they can act decisively. To ensure that a unit receives the best intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support, u...... middle of paper .... ..ly can have a large impact on the COIST mission. The ability to see the situation on the ground, see what your soldiers are doing and how the enemy is reacting is an invaluable tool. When the shadow UAS is used properly, it has the ability to transmit its imagery directly to a customer for immediate analysis or it can transmit its imagery and telemetry to all-source analysis systems for imagery analysts to analyze the data and images and provide responses to Commanders Priority Intelligence Requests.Works CitedArmy, Headquarters Department of. Operation of Army Unmanned Aerial Systems. Washington DC, 4 April 2008.Learned, Army Learning Center. “COIST: Corporate Intelligence Support Team.” Army Lessons Learned Center, January 2010. Ltd, Israel Aerospace Industries. Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. 2002. 21 June 2011 .