The Navy is determining what capabilities are needed for a small unmanned aerial system to conduct surveillance missions similar to those of a rigid-hulled inflatable boat, according to a Naval Air Systems Command official. Col. Eldon Metzger, small tactical unmanned aircraft systems program manager, told Inside the Navy Nov. 18 after a presentation at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, in September the Navy tested a RQ-20A Puma unmanned air vehicle aboard a destroyer. "Now they're looking at . ...
