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UCLASS Competitors Don’t See Advantage For Northrop Grumman

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 9th, 2014

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Companies in the running for the Navy’s future aircraft carrier-launched unmanned vehicle program believe they’ll be able to effectively compete against rival Northrop Grumman [NOC] even though the firm has benefited from being the lead contractor on the demonstrator program. Executives from Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have said they are satisfied the Navy is adequately sharing information with them about the X-47B demonstrator that made history last year by launching from an aircraft carrier and performing an arresting gear landing—the first unmanned aircraft to…

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