After having been impressed by stories of Israeli successes with UAVs in the early 1980s, the Navy initiated an expedited procurement of UAV systems. Pioneer was procured starting in 1985 as an interim UAV capability to provide imagery intelligence (IMINT) for spotters for naval gunfire support from its battleships (originally launched from Navy Iowa-class battleships, today from LPD-class ships), as well as provide a UAV capability for the Marine Corps. 

1980年早期，在以色列印象深刻地成功使用无人机（UAV）经历之后，海军开始加快采购无人机（UAV）系统。先锋采购从1985年开始，当做一种过渡无人机（UAV）能力去为着弹点观察员提供图像情报（IMINT）用于海军从它的战舰（最初从海军爱荷华-级战列舰发射，今天从LPD-级舰艇）进行炮火支援，也为海军陆战队提供一个无人机（UAV）能力。

In 1991, AAI Corporation and Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd., the original developers of the Pioneer system, formed a jointly owned corporation called Pioneer UAV, Inc. Pioneer UAV, Inc., was created in order to manage the program and function as the prime contractor to the US Government for all Pioneer-related activities. Located in Hunt Valley, Maryland, Pioneer UAV, Inc., maintains resident expertise in quality assurance, program management, configuration management, finance, business development, procurement, logistics support, subcontract, and contract management.

在1991年，AAI公司和以色列飞机工业公司，先锋系统的最初开发者，组建了一个合营公司，称为先锋无人机（UAV）公司，建立为了去管理计划和对美国政府起主承包商作用，用于所有先锋-相关的活动。先锋无人机（UAV）公司位于马里兰狩猎谷，保持在质量保证、计划管理、结构管理、财政、商业发展、采购、后勤支援、转包合同和合同管理等方面上的专长。

With ten years of experience, a subcontractor team representing the acknowledged world-wide leaders in UAV technologies, and a combined product history of well over 40,000 flight hours, Pioneer UAV, Inc., is ready to solve your UAV problem today.  Explore our site to learn more about the PIONEER or any of our logistics support capabilities.

具有十年的经验，一个转承包商团队表现无人机（UAV）技术上公认的世界-范围领导者，累计创造超过40,000个飞行时间的历史记录，先锋无人机（UAV）公司，准备好今天解决你的无人机（UAV）问题。探究我们的网站去了解更多有关先锋或任何我们的后勤能力。