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Navy Awards Multiple Contracts For UCLASS Development

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Monday, June 27th, 2011

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The Navy has issued a total of just over $1 million in research and development funds via four separate contracts to Boeing [BA], General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] as part of the sea service’s effort to get its unmanned, carrier-based aircraft concept off the ground. Of the development deals awarded last week, each company was awarded roughly $500,000 apiece to provide a conceptual demonstration of the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft, according…

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