Report: Some in Industry Concerned with Shift in UCLASS Requirements
Some potential builders of the Navy’s planned Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) are worried a shift in focus to…
Opinion: Evolving UAVs Allows U.S. to Stay Ahead of the Enemy
Some weeks ago, unmanned aerial vehicles passed a major pair of milestones. The Navy’s X-47B successfully launched from and then…
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…
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’s Unmanned Carrier Aircraft Performs First Touch and Go
Less than a week after its historic launch off the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the Navy’s…
Navy Makes History With Unmanned Carrier Launch
The U.S. Navy ushered in a new era in aviation with Tuesday’s launch of the first autonomous jet from an…
Navy Plans to Launch Carrier UAV Next Tuesday
Next week the Navy will launch its experimental fixed winged unmanned aerial vehicle on its first flight from an aircraft…
U.N. Report Singles Out Two Navy Weapons Programs
An April U.N. report calling for suspending the use deadly robotic weapon systems singled out two Navy systems, the Phalanx…