Document: SECNAV Mabus’ Navy Artificial Intelligence Memo
The following is the June 5, 2015 memo from Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus to Chief of Naval Operations…
SECNAV Mabus: X-47B Tests Should Continue Without Giving UCLASS Advantage to Northrop Grumman
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said he would like to see the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program move…
SASC Markup Adds $725 Million for 2 New Carrier UAV Prototypes, More X-47B Testing
The Senate Armed Services Committee — concerned with the Navy’s direction for its planned unmanned carrier aircraft program — wants…
Forbes Calls on SECNAV Mabus to Extend X-47B Testing
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) wants to keep the Navy’s two X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrators (UCAS-D) flying instead of…
Document: Rep. Forbes Letter to SECNAV Mabus on X-47B Testing
The following is an April 30, 2015 letter from Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus…
Navy Conducts Successful Test of Aerial Refueling with X-47B, UCAS-D Program Ending
The Navy successfully tested autonomous aerial refueling for the first time with its Northrop Grumman X-47B test unmanned aerial vehicle…
NAVAIR: Aerial Refueling Will End X-47B Test Program, Salty Dogs Bound for Museums or Boneyard
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — There are no plans to extend the testing for its Unmanned Carrier Air Vehicle demonstrator (UCAS-D)…
NAVAIR: Aerial Refueling Test of X-47B Could Occur By End of the Month
A test to prove an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can be refueled in flight could happen by the end…
McCain Weighs in on UCLASS Debate, Current Navy Requirements ‘Strategically Misguided’
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is calling on the Department of Defense and the Navy to…
Document: McCain Letter to SECDEF Carter on UCLASS
The following is a March 24, 2015 letter from Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) chair Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to…