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Business/Financial

Navy To Seek Industry Input In Maturing Technology For Carrier Drone Program

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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The Navy plans to reach out to industry this year for ideas on tackling the technology-maturation segment of its effort to develop unmanned strike aircraft that operate off aircraft carriers, a service official said. The technology-maturing portion of the service's Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) effort is distinct from the UCAS demonstration program--intended to show if the drone aircraft can operate off of carriers--for which Northrop Grumman received a contract last year. The UCAS technology-maturation piece does…

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Congress

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