Marines aiming to field trimmed-down MUX in FY-23

By Justin Katz / September 29, 2020 at 2:09 PM
The Marine Corps is aiming to field a trimmed-down version of a new land-based, unmanned aerial system in fiscal year 2023, according to a Navy officer overseeing the aircraft's development. The Marine Air Ground Task Force Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) program for several years has been envisioned as a ship-based, group 5 UAS capable of achieving a wide variety of mission sets. The Pentagon categorizes UAS into groups based on size with group 1 being small, handheld aircraft weighing under 20...

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