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…
Littoral Combat Ship Mission Packages Safe From Budget Axe For Now
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s mandate capping of the first variants of the Littoral Combat Ship at 32 hulls will…
Navy Wants More Growlers to Fight a Deadlier High End Air War
The Navy’s director of air warfare told Congress Wednesday the service might want more electronic attack aircraft to effectively fight…
Triton Completes First Round of Flight Tests Ahead of Move to East Coast
A combined U.S. Navy and contractor team has completed the initial flight test phase for the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton…
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…
Why the Navy Wants More Growlers
The Navy is eyeing expanding its fleet of electronic attack aircraft to better fit into the service’s next generation plan…
Triton Testing Ahead of Schedule
Testing for the Navy’s next generation unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft is proceeding ahead of schedule, according to officials at Northrop…
Navy Delays UCLASS Request for Proposal Amidst Requirement Evaluation
The U.S. Navy has pushed back the release date again for a draft request for proposals (RfP) for its Unmanned…