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Blackjack Pizza is a Colorado-based pizza delivery chain founded in 1983 by a former Domino's Pizza employee, Vince Schmuhl, because Domino's Pizza was the only major pizza delivery company in the Rocky Mountain region^[1] and he thought customers would appreciate an alternative. The pizza chain is the largest in Colorado with 800 employees, some of whom work part-time.^[2] On January 1, 2013, Blackjack Pizza was acquired by Askar Brands.

One such bonus was a ten-to-one payout if the player's hand consisted of the ace of spades and a black jack (either the jack of clubs or the jack of spades). This hand was called a 'blackjack', and the name stuck to the game even though the ten-to-one bonus was soon withdrawn. Black Jack was created by Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris, first appearing in More Fun Comics #74. However, in the Prime Earth continuity Black Jack first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Aquaman (Volume 8) #2 by Dan Abnett and Scot Eaton. 14 Appearances of Black Jack (Prime Earth) 3 Images featuring Black Jack (Prime Earth).

History[edit]

The first Blackjack Pizza store opened on June 29, 1983, in Federal Heights with a second store opening in Greeley by February 1984.^[1] By 1986, Blackjack had grown to six corporate stores and one franchisee.^[3] The company headquarters, by 1999, was in what was then the Castlewood census-designated place in unincorporatedArapahoe County, Colorado, near Englewood.^[4][5] The territory became a part of Centennial,^[6] which incorporated in 2001 with all of the territory of the Castlewood CDP.^[7]

In 1988, Blackjack became a franchisor with the sale of several corporate stores to franchisees. As of 2018 Blackjack Pizza operated 45 stores in five states.^[8] Blackjack's tagline is 'Better Pizza, Better Price.'^[9]

Black Jack (ブラック・ジャック, Burakku Jakku) is a manga written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s. Black Jack consists of hundreds of short, self-contained episodes that are typically about 20 pages long. Blackjack is part of wave two of Combiner Wars Legends Class toys and is a new-mold figure which transforms from a black sports car to robot and back! He and his axe can plug into the chest of Menasor, taking the place of the Generation 1 roller car.

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the high schoolseniors who committed the 1999 Columbine High School massacre worked at the Blackjack Pizza store in Littleton, Colorado, and Harris eventually became shift manager.^[10] At this pizza parlor, the two teens made important acquaintances who were inadvertently connected to the attack at Columbine High School.^[11] The two teens were able to meet Mark Manes, the man who sold them the TEC-9 that they used in the attack, through the connection of Philip Duran, a fellow employee at the Blackjack Pizza store where they worked.^[12][13][14]

Denver Broncos wide receiver Rod Smith appeared frequently in Blackjack commercials until October 2008 when Blackjack rolled out a new ad campaign featuring the cast of Impulse Theater.^[15] Smith's slogan for Blackjack Pizza ads was 'Stick with the home team.'^[16][17]

Philanthropy[edit]

Blackjack Pizza donated money to a number of organizations. In 2005, Blackjack donated $8,842.40 to the Bonfils Blood Center Foundation, which was selected by Blackjack Pizza to be the winner of the '80 Cent Pizza Promotion'.^[8][18] The pizzeria also sponsored a Future Farmers of America program in Fort Morgan, Colorado.^[19] In 2006, the franchise offered a deal to customers that every time they ordered the 'Children's Hospital Special', the franchise would give a dollar to the Children's Hospital in Aurora, Colorado.^[20]

Acquisitions[edit]

On January 1, 2013, Blackjack Pizza was acquired by Askar Brands, a Michigan-based company.^[21]

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References[edit]

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2. ^Bronikoski, Lynn (1996-01-28). 'Black Jack Pizza Gears up for Game'. Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
3. ^'Company History'. Blackjack Pizza Franchising. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
4. ^Home. Blackjack Pizza. October 12, 1999. Retrieved on October 18, 2018. '9137 E Mineral Cr - Suite 100 Englewood CO 80112'
5. ^'CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: CASTLEWOOD CDP.' U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 18, 2018. In the 1990 Census Map (index map) on pages 40 and 59.
6. ^'Centennial, Colorado Wards.' City of Centennial. February 3, 2001. Retrieved on October 18, 2018.
7. ^United States Summary, 2010: Population and housing unit counts. U.S. Census Bureau, 2012. p. V-20 (SL22-PA20). 'CENTENNIAL CITY, CO (2010 population rank 281). Incorporated in 2001 including all of Castlewood and Southglenn CDPs.'
8. ^ ^abScott, Julie (2006-01-30). 'Blackjack Pizza Customers Raise Dough for Bonfils Blood Center'. Bonfils Blood Center. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
9. ^'Blackjack Pizza Franchising Inc'. Gaebler Ventures. Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
10. ^Bartels, Lynn; Crowder, Carla (1999). 'Fatal Friendship'. Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-10-25. Eric and Dylan started at Blackjack in the spring of their sophomore year, cooking pizzas for $5.15 an hour.
11. ^Lowe, Peggy (2000-11-22). 'Pizza Jobs Gave Connections Killers Made Contacts Who Helped Them with Guns, Explosives They Used in School Attack'. Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
12. ^Abbott, Karen (2001-01-24). 'Columbine defendants deny responsibility'. Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
13. ^'Colleague of Columbine shooters arrested'. CNN. 1999-06-18. Archived from the original on 2005-03-08. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
14. ^Pitzel, Heather (2004-04-19). 'Manes: 'I made a bad mistake''. Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2008-10-25. Duran, meanwhile, was working with Klebold and Harris at a Blackjack Pizza shop. He introduced them to Manes at a gun show in Denver because they wanted to buy his TEC-DC9.
15. ^Cotton, Anthony (2007-09-30). 'The game of commercial appeal'. The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2008-10-25. For most of his 13 years in town, Smith said he wasn't very interested in doing commercials, feeling they might be a distraction from his main task - playing football. He recently relented, though, doing some spots for Blackjack Pizza.
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18. ^'On the Move: Noteworthy'. Rocky Mountain News. 2006-03-28. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2008-10-25. Blackjack Pizza presented Bonfils Blood Center Foundation with a check for $8,842.40. Bonfils was selected by Blackjack Pizza franchisees as the beneficiary of the locally based 80 Cent Pizza Promotion in 2005.
19. ^Chaney, Jesse (2008-10-01). 'FFA project helps local seniors'. Fort Morgan Times. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
20. ^'Colorado business'. The Denver Post. 2006-11-01. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
21. ^'Askar Brands: Blackjack Pizza'. Askar Brands. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-11-11.

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The Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack, formerly called the Integrator, is an Americanunmanned air vehicle designed and built by Boeing Insitu to meet a United States Navy requirement for a small tactical unmanned air system (STUAS).^[5] It is a twin-boom, single-engine monoplane, designed as a supplement to the Boeing Scan Eagle.^[5] The Integrator weighs 61 kg (134 lb) and uses the same launcher and recovery system as the Scan Eagle.^[5]

Development[edit]

The RQ-21 was selected in June 2010 over the Raytheon Killer Bee, AAI Aerosonde, and General Dynamics/Elbit Systems Storm.^[6]

The RQ-21A Integrator first flew on 28 July 2012.^[5] On 10 September 2012, the Integrator entered developmental testing with a 66-minute flight. The Navy launched one using a pneumatic launcher and a recovery system known as Skyhook. This eliminates the need for runways and enables a safe recovery and expeditionary capability for tactical missions on land or sea. At the current testing rate, Initial Operational Capability (IOC) was expected in 2013.^[7]

On 10 February 2013, the Integrator completed its first at-sea flight from the USS Mesa Verde, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. This followed completing three months of land-based flights.^[8]

On 19 February 2013, Insitu completed the first flight of the RQ-21A Block II. It weighs 121 lb (55 kg) and flew for 2 hours. It was controlled by a new ground control system meant to integrate dissimilar UAV systems. The Block II has the sensor from the Nighteagle, the night version of the ScanEagle, and is designed to operate in high-temperature environments.^[9]

On 15 May 2013, the Department of the Navy announced that the RQ-21A Integrator received Milestone C approval authorizing the start of low-rate initial production. With Milestone C approval, the Integrator entered production and deployment.^[10]

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On 12 June 2013, the RQ-21A completed its first East Coast flight from Webster Field Annex, starting the next phase of tests for the Integrator. The UAV was launched with a pneumatic launcher, flew for 1.8 hours, and was recovered with an Insitu-built system known as the STUAS Recovery System (SRS), which allows safe recovery of the STUAS on land or at sea. This phase of testing was to validate updates made to the aircraft which include software, fuselage, and camera enhancements. The Integrator was test flown at lower density altitudes. Integrated Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) was scheduled for October 2013.^[11]

In September 2013, the Integrator was renamed the RQ-21A Blackjack. On 28 November 2013, the U.S. Navy awarded Boeing Insitu an $8.8 million contract for one low-rate production aircraft in preparation for full-rate production.^[12]

In January 2014, the first low-rate production RQ-21A Blackjack began IOT&E for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. Testing was conducted over the next several months to demonstrate its effectiveness in realistic combat conditions.^[13] The Navy ordered three Blackjack systems in December 2014.^[14] By July 2015, the Navy had received two Blackjack systems.^[15] In July 2018, the Marines phased out the RQ-7 Shadow in favor of the Blackjack.^[16]

Design[edit]

The RQ-21A Blackjack is designed to support the U.S. Marine Corps by providing forward reconnaissance. A Blackjack system is composed of five air vehicles and two ground control systems. The air vehicles can be launched on land or on a ship by a rail and land using a 'skyhook' recovery system, where a vertical wire must be hooked onto its wing; when on the ground, the launch and recovery systems are towable by vehicles. Its wingspan is 16 ft (4.9 m) and it can carry a 39 lb (18 kg) payload. The day/night camera can achieve resolution rating of 7 on the NIIRS scale at 8,000 ft (2,400 m).^[6]

The Marines are working with Insitu to modify the Blackjack fuselage to carry greater and more various payloads. Enlarging the fuselage would increase its maximum takeoff weight from 135 lb (61 kg) to 145 lb (66 kg) and lengthen endurance from 16 hours to 24 hours. New turrets are being explored as well as other payloads including a synthetic-aperture radar to track ground targets, a laser designator to mark targets for precision-guided munitions, and foliage-penetration capabilities for foreign customers operating in lush environments.^[6] The Office of Naval Research (ONR) plans to add a sensor to the Blackjack that combines an electro-optical camera, wide area imager, short wave infrared hyperspectral imager, and a high-resolution camera for use as an inspection sensor into a single payload by 2020.^[17]

In Marines service, the Blackjack sometimes uses the designation MQ-21,^[18] where the 'M' prefix indicates 'ground launched, mobile' operations, versus the 'R' prefix indicating operating from a surface ship.^[19]

Operational history[edit]

The U.S. Marine Corps deployed its first RQ-21A Blackjack system to Afghanistan in late April 2014. One Blackjack system is composed of five air vehicles, two ground control systems, and launch and recovery support equipment. It supports intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions using multi-intelligence payloads including day and night full-motion video cameras, an infrared marker, a laser range finder, a communications relay package, and automatic identification system receivers.^[20] The models in Afghanistan were early operational capability (EOC) aircraft without shipboard software or testing. Deploying the aircraft on the ground was a method to detect and fix problems early to avoid delaying the project.^[6] The RQ-21 returned from its deployment on 10 September 2014 after flying nearly 1,000 hours in 119 days in theater. EOC Blackjacks will continue to be used for training, while completion of shipboard testing is planned to result in the system's first ship-based deployment in spring 2015.^[21]

The Marine Corps declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the RQ-21A Blackjack in January 2016.^[22] During the summer of 2016, MARSOC deployed the RQ-21A to Iraq.^[23]

Full rate productions of the RQ-21A has been delayed because of serious system quality issues. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) issued reviews on the program in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The 2015 report indicates that many of these issues have not been resolved, despite OSD reporting issues in previous years. The 2015 report stated that the RQ-21A was 'not operationally effective', 'not operationally suitable', that the 'system has exploitable cyber security vulnerabilities, and the overall assessment pointed out several major requirements failures.^[24] One RQ-21A was reported shot down over Tartus, Syria on May 27, 2017.^[25]

Operators[edit]

Canada

• Department of National Defence – 1 system purchased which includes 5 aircraft. The DND was also the first international customer for the UAS.^[26]
• Royal Canadian Navy – The RQ-21 Blackjack UAV contact was extended to include the installation of UAV launch, recovery and control capability on all Halifax-class patrol frigates.^[27]

Netherlands

• Royal Netherlands Army – 5 systems on order expected to enter service in 2014.^[28]

Poland

• Polish Land Forces – Order for an unknown number of systems placed in February 2018.^[29] First aircraft delivered in April 2018.^[30]
• Polish Special Forces – 1 aircraft ordered in August 2018.^[31]

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United States

• United States Marine Corps – 32 systems on order each with five air vehicles each. One hundred systems planned by FY2017.^[2]
• United States Navy – 25 systems on order each with five air vehicles each.^[6]

An unidentified Middle Eastern customer purchased six systems.^[6]

Specifications[edit]

Data from^[32] Product Page

General characteristics

• Length: 8.2 ft (2.5 m)
• Wingspan: 16 ft (4.9 m)
• Empty weight: 81 lb (37 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 135 lb (61 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × EFI Piston Engine, 8 hp (6.0 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

• Maximum speed: 100 mph (170 km/h, 90 kn)
• Cruise speed: 63 mph (100 km/h, 55 kn)
• Range: 58 mi (93 km, 50 nmi) ^[23]
• Endurance: 16 hours
• Service ceiling: 19,500 ft (5,900 m)

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8. ^RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Air System Completes First Ship-Based FlightArchived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine - NAVAIR.Navy.mil, 12 February 2013
9. ^Insitu completes RQ-21A Block II first flightArchived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine - Flightglobal.com, 19 February 2013
10. ^Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS Enters Production PhaseArchived 11 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine - NAVAIR.Navy.mil, 21 May 2013
11. ^RQ-21A Small UAS Completes First East Coast FlightArchived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine - Navy.mil, 14 June 2013
12. ^Navy buys one Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack UAV in preparation for ramping-up productionArchived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine - sUASNews.com, 29 November 2013
13. ^RQ-21A Blackjack begins operational test phaseArchived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine - NAVAIR.Navy.mil, 28 January 2014
14. ^US NAVAIR orders three Blackjack UAV systemsArchived 8 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine - Flightglobal.com, 8 January 2015
15. ^US Navy purchases six more Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack systemsArchived 3 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine - Flightglobal.com, 30 July 2015
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