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Navy’s UCLASS Draft RFP To Be Released By End Of April, Admiral Says

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Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

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Navy’s UCLASS Draft RFP To Be Released By End Of April, Admiral Says

The X-47B. Photo: U.S. Navy

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The Navy’s draft request for proposals (RFP) for the service’s planned Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike aircraft, or UCLASS, will be submitted to the four companies competing for the program by the end of this month, the admiral overseeing the program said Tuesday. Rear Adm. Mathias Winter, the program executive officer for unmanned aviation and strike weapons, said, however, the draft RFP is classified and will not be publicly released. Mathias said the document will undergo a…

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