The Navy has begun conducting "independent technical risk assessments," which were mandated by the Pentagon's chief technology officer in June, starting with the service's highly anticipated unmanned aerial tanker and followed by an all-weather landing system for land- and sea-based aircraft as well as a multimission radar, according to a Navy spokesman. "Requirements for an [independent technical risk assessment] on the MQ-25 program were fulfilled with no impact to the program's schedule," Navy spokesman Capt. Danny Hernandez told Inside the...
