The Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program today came under scrutiny during the House Armed Services Committee's mark-up of the fiscal year 2012 authorization bill. The committee passed an en-bloc amendment including language introduced by Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), the chairman of the seapower subcommittee, designed to limit the Navy's ability to spend research, development, test and evaluation funds on a future unmanned carrier-based strike system until the Pentagon submits a report to Congress justifying its need for the...
