Influential House Lawmaker Would Like Navy To Continue UCAS-D Testing

By Lee Hudson / May 1, 2015 at 11:13 AM
An influential House lawmaker would like the Navy to continue testing two Unmanned Combat Aerial System-Demonstrator air vehicles instead of terminating the program. House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee Chairman Randy Forbes (R-VA) is concerned that bureaucratic and cultural obstacles remain within the Navy when it comes to unmanned systems. "I suspect that some further use might yet be found for these two highly capable platforms as unmanned test beds or as surrogates for other systems -- perhaps...

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