Cost Will Drive UCLASS Designs
Cost will likely be the biggest design driver for the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS)…
UCLASS Could Be Used as Tanker for Carrier Air Wing
The U.S. Navy is considering using its forthcoming Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft as an aerial…
Requirements Debate Continues to Delay UCLASS RFP
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has pushed back the release of the draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the…
Navy Issues UCLASS Notice Ahead of Imminent Request for Proposal
The U.S. Navy issued a pre-solicitation notice to industry on March 13 announcing that the release of a set of…
The Need for Unmanned Aircraft in Modern Warfare
As potent weapons as they have been in the years since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, unmanned aircraft…
Top Stories 2013: U.S. Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Navy: UCLASS Will be Stealthy and ‘Tomcat Size’
The U.S Navy’s unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) program has evolved to call for a jet that…
Navy Shifts Plans to Acquire a Tougher UCLASS
The U.S. Navy appears to have shifted its position on the requirements for its next generation carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle…
AUVSI 2013: UCLASS Requirements Modified Due to Budget Pressure
The reduction in strike capability of the Navy’s next generation carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle was born of fiscal realities, said…
Navy Docs Reveal UCLASS Minimum Ranges and Maximum Costs
The Navy aims to build a system of stealthy pilotless aircraft to patrol at a minimum range of 600 nautical…