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Navy/USMC

Navy Tests Communication Software For UCAS Demonstrator

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

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The Navy this week completed a second round of sea-based testing of the communications software that will be used to guide its envisioned aircraft carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle on take-offs and landings, the service said yesterday. The four days of testing aboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) concluded on Tuesday under the Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) program, which is precursor to the follow-on program known as Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS). Northrop Grumman [NOC] has…

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