The Navy is seeking congressional permission to extend flight operations for the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator through fiscal year 2014, according to a reprogramming request obtained by Inside the Navy . If approved by the four congressional defense committees, the fiscal year 2013 reprogramming request would add $39 million for the program in the research and development account. Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale signed the request on Jan. 10, and the House Armed Services Committee has approved it, according to...
