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Navy Awards Another Contract For MQ-25 Carrier-Based Drone

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, October 6th, 2016

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Navy Awards Another Contract For MQ-25 Carrier-Based Drone

The Navy's X-47B unmanned aircraft demonstrator (UCAS) designed for carrier operations and the precursor to UCLASS. Photo: U.S. Navy

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has become the third company to receive a concept refinement contract for the U.S. Navy's new MQ-25 program, which aims to develop a carrier-based unmanned aircraft.GA-ASI, whose one-year, $43.7 million contract was announced by the Pentagon Oct. 3, joins Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT], which received similar contracts last month. A fourth company, Northrop Grumman [NOC], is expected to get a comparable award soon.The four companies previously competed for the MQ-25’s predecessor, the…

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