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Navy/USMC

UCLASS On Track To Reach Carrier In 2018

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, January 20th, 2012

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The Navy’s timeframe for fielding its unmanned aircraft designed to operate off of carriers remains on track for 2018, according to the service’s director for air warfare. “Our intent with UCALSS is to have some capability on there in 2018--get it onto the aircraft carrier,” Rear Adm. Kenneth Floyd told a gathering hosted by the National Aeronautic Association yesterday. UCLASS, or the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike aircraft, is conceptualized as the Navy’s key carrier launched air vehicle for intelligence,…

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