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Navy/USMC

NAVAIR Chief Says Navy Seeking Optimal Balance On UCLASS

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, March 6th, 2014

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NAVAIR Chief Says Navy Seeking Optimal Balance On UCLASS

The X-47B touches down on an aircraft carrier for the first time in July 2013. Photo: U.S. Navy

The chief of Naval Air Systems Command, Vice Adm. David Dunaway, said the Navy is striving to find the right mix of requirements for the unmanned aircraft it plans to field on aircraft carriers by the end of this decade--and balancing those requirements with cost. The Navy could release the much anticipated draft request for proposals (RFP) for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) within weeks or possibly days, with four contractors competing for the next phase of the…

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