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Navy/USMC

UCLASS RFP Nearing Release

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

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The Navy is about a month away from releasing its request for proposals (RFP) for the aircraft carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle designed for surveillance and strike, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations, said yesterday. Greenert said the Navy has completed defining the requirements for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program and is working through the final stages to get it approved before putting out the RFP. “We’re about a month away on that,” he told…

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