Northrop: Program Hopes For Multiple Carrier Visits For UCAS

By Dan Taylor / December 21, 2012 at 8:25 PM
After the Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator program wraps up a two-week trial aboard an aircraft carrier this spring, Northrop Grumman hopes more visits to carriers are in the cards before the program finishes up in the coming years, according to a company official. Northrop and the Navy recently wrapped up a series of deck-handling trials for the X-47B UCAS aircraft aboard the carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), which took place from Nov. 27 to Dec. 17 and involved demonstrating...

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