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Navy Awards Another Contract For MQ-25 Carrier-Based Drone

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Navy Awards Another Contract For MQ-25 Carrier-Based Drone
(May 14, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is the first aircraft carrier to successfully catapult launch an unmanned aircraft from its flight deck. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis/Released)

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has become the third company to receive a concept refinement contract for the U.S. Navy's new MQ-25 program, which aims to develop a carrier-based unmanned aircraft.GA-ASI, whose one-year, $43.7 million contract was announced by the Pentagon Oct. 3, joins Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT], which received similar contracts last month. A fourth company, Northrop Grumman [NOC], is expected to get a comparable award soon.The four companies previously competed for the MQ-25’s predecessor, the…

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