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Navy/USMC

House Lawmakers Express Concerns On Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aircraft

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

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House Lawmakers Express Concerns On Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aircraft

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

The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program is not being developed to adequately operate in potentially hostile environments and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel should take another look at the service’s requirements for the aircraft, according to House lawmakers. Language under consideration by the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower panel says the Navy is not sufficiently focusing on the need of UCLASS to operate in an anti-access area denial (A2AD) environment, and overly favors surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities…

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