Marine Corps wants MUX family of systems, land-based UAS

By Mallory Shelbourne / March 10, 2020 at 7:33 PM
The Marine Corps is moving toward a family of systems strategy for its Marine Air Ground Task Force Unmanned Expeditionary program that would include a land-based unmanned aerial system. Lt. Gen. Steven Rudder, the deputy commandant for aviation, today described the Marine Corps' view of the MUX program, noting the service may not pursue the large Group 5 unmanned aerial system it originally envisioned to take off and land vertically from amphibious ships. "With the family-of-systems approach, my sense is...

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