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UCLASS Competitors Don’t See Advantage For Northrop Grumman

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

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UCLASS Competitors Don’t See Advantage For Northrop Grumman

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

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…

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