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Experts Affirm Value of Navy’s New Unmanned Tanker

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, February 17th, 2016

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Experts Affirm Value of Navy’s New Unmanned Tanker

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

A panel of experts gave a tentative thumbs up to the Navy’s new plan to develop a carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft, but told a House panel on Feb. 11 that eventually the service needs to field the deep-penetrating strike and reconnaissance asset it planned to under the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program.The Navy in the 2017 budget request announced it would replace the UCLASS program with an effort called the Carrier-Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS), a more…

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