The Navy is looking to industry for the best way to integrate the future unmanned tanker into air vehicle communication operations aboard an aircraft carrier. The unmanned tanker will require voice communications with various participants during pre-flight, start, taxi, aircraft carrier launch, departure, tanking and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions within and beyond line of sight during arrival, recovery and shutdown, according to a request for information posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website Aug. 1. "The CVN-based [Carrier Based...
