Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator program
This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: UCLASS was switched to CBARS, the MQ-25 was chosen, and the entire role of the aircraft changed.(April 2020) |
The United States Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) program consists of
The UCAS-D program is to demonstrate the feasibility of operating an unmanned vehicle on an aircraft carrier. Technology and operational procedures gained from the program and X-47B demonstrator will be used to develop an operational unmanned carrier aircraft through the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ UCAS-D set to make historic aircraft carrier landing - Flightglobal.com, 10 July 2013