The Marine Corps is aiming to have a limited user evaluation on Cargo UAS sent back from the field in Afghanistan by 2013, according to Lt. Col. George Beach, the unmanned aerial systems coordinator at Marine Corps Headquarters Aviation, who spoke at an unmanned systems conference in Washington on Feb. 2. On Dec. 2, the Navy announced two contracts for the unmanned cargo systems -- one to Boeing for $29.9 million and one for $45.8 million to a joint Lockheed...
