Congressional funding fight looms over Marine Corps' MUX

By Justin Katz / May 25, 2018 at 5:12 PM
The Senate Armed Services Committee recommends authorizing $100 million for a major Marine Corps unmanned aircraft initiative, according to a summary of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill, putting them at odds with House lawmakers who want to cut the service's request citing "unjustified cost growth." The Marine Corps requested $25 million for research and development of the Marine Air Ground Task Force Unmanned Expeditionary, also called MUX, a group 5 unmanned aerial vehicle with a large variety of...

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