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Many Issues Unresolved, Unclear Going Into HASC Full Committee Markup

Many Issues Unresolved, Unclear Going Into HASC Full Committee Markup
An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator, the predecessor to the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike vehicle, completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), July 10. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

The House Armed Services Committee will release its full Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act language Monday morning, which will include the marked-up subcommittee language passed April 30 and May 1, as well as new language that does not fit into the jurisdiction of a single subcommittee. Several issues are still unresolved after the subcommittee markups and will be interesting to follow as the full committee releases its bill on May 5 and marks it up May 7. UCLASS…

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