The leading congressional opponent of the Navy's Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program says he is now satisfied with the service's modified requirements.
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Lee Hudson was Inside the Navy's managing editor until June 2018. She has covered Navy and Marine Corps issues since 2011, reporting at the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, aboard ships and military facilities around the U.S. Previously she worked as a staff reporter at The Daily Review in Morgan City, LA, covering local government and crime. Lee graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Marketing from Loyola University New Orleans.
The leading congressional opponent of the Navy's Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program says he is now satisfied with the service's modified requirements.
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