The Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is a formation of the British Army that commands the Army's miniature UAS, tactical UAS, counter-intelligence and reach back intelligence capabilities, the Specialist Group Military Intelligence and the Land Intelligence Fusion Centre.
History
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group
Under the Future Soldier programme announced on 25 November 2021, the brigade was reduced to a Colonel's Command, became the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group[3] and transferred from the now disbanded 6th Division to Field Army Troops. The role of the group is to be to command the Army's miniature UAS, tactical UAS, counter-intelligence, and reach back intelligence capabilities, the Specialist Group Military Intelligence, and Land Intelligence Fusion Centre. It also commands the Land Image Intelligence Company, a pool of experts who deliver image analysis for all the Army's image collection platforms.[3]
Structure
Before becoming ISR Group
Headquarters, 1st Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Brigade,[4][5] at Trenchard Lines, Upavon[6]
^Ministry of Defence, List of units, formations, and equipment of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom. Ministry of Defence, London. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
^Ministry of Defence, List of units, formations, and equipment of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom. Ministry of Defence, London. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^Army Briefing Note 120/14, NEWLY FORMED FORCE TROOPS COMMAND SPECIALIST BRIGADES, Quote . It commands all of the Army's Intelligence, Surveillance and EW assets, and is made up of units specifically from the former 1 MI Bde and 1 Arty Bde, as well as 14 Sig Regt, 21 and 23 SAS(R).
^Army Briefing Note 120/14, NEWLY FORMED FORCE TROOPS COMMAND
SPECIALIST BRIGADES, Quote . It commands all of the Army's Intelligence, Surveillance and EW assets, and is made up of units specifically from the former 1 MI Bde and 1 Arty Bde, as well as 14 Sig Regt, 21 and 23 SAS(R).