Proposed legislation would fence funding for MQ-25, pending Navy report on new system

By Jason Sherman / June 26, 2017 at 5:05 PM
A House panel wants to fence off the bulk of $222 million the Navy seeks in fiscal year 2018 to launch the MQ-25, the Unmanned Carrier Aviation program, until the service details performance parameters for the multibillion-dollar weapon system development project whose mission has shifted since the original requirement for the capability was validated in 2011. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) has proposed limiting the availability of funds for the Navy program -- previously dubbed UCLASS, then...

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