UCLASS Acquisition Raises Questions in Congress
In a letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus on Tuesday, members of Congress questioned the Pentagon’s direction in…
Document: House Seapower Committee’s Letter to Secretary of the Navy on UCLASS
The following is a Tuesday letter from the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces to Secretary of…
Pentagon Altered UCLASS Requirements for Counterterrorism Mission
Pentagon leaders altered the Navy’s vision of creating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of striking defended targets thousands of…
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…
AUVSI 2013: Who Should Operate the Navy’s Unmanned Aircraft?
As the Navy prepares to train operators for the bevy of planned unmanned aerial the service should consider creating an…
NAVAIR: X-47B to Fly Again
Naval Air Systems Command plans to keep flying the Northrop Grumman’s X-47B into 2014 as part of the Unmanned Combat…
NAVAIR: X-47B Fails Fourth Trap Attempt
The Northrop Grumman X-47B failed to land on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) on Monday in the Navy’s fourth…
New Age in Carrier Aviation Takes Off With X-47B Landing
The Navy has entered a new age in carrier aviation with the successful landing of the unmanned Northrop Grumman X-47B…
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…
UCLASS By the Numbers
The Navy has outlined the specifications for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) in a requirements document obtained by USNI…