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Navy/USMC

CBARS’s Gate 4/5 Review Scheduled for April

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

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CBARS’s Gate 4/5 Review Scheduled for April

The X-47B unmanned plane is refueled in flight during an April 22 demonstration over the Chesapeake Bay.(Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy)

The Navy is approaching a Gate 4/5 review for its new carrier-based drone, during which the service will define its requirements in advance of the release of a request for proposals([RFP), a service official said March 10.Vice Adm. Joseph Mulloy, deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources, said he, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley would use the April review to chart the way forward for the Carrier-Based Aerial-Refueling…

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