Marine Corps wants Navy to take part in large, sea-based UAS program

By Justin Doubleday / April 3, 2017 at 1:36 PM
The Marine Corps is encouraging the Navy's surface warfare directorate to join planning requirements for a large, sea-based unmanned aerial system, according to a service official. The Marine Corps has been discussing the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Aircraft Expeditionary UAS (MUX) requirement with the Navy's surface warfare directorate (N96), as well as the service's aviation office (N98), according to Col. John Barranco, the head of rotorcraft requirements for the Marines. He said the Navy's cruiser and destroyer fleet...

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