US Navy's Review of UCLASS RAQ-25 Attack Drone Complete

 

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The review of the Pentagon’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) portfolio that stalled the acquisition of the Navy’s first operational carrier-based UAV has completed its early phase, the Navy’s chief acquisition official said on Wednesday.

The Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) comprehensive review — which delayed release for the 2014 request for proposal (RFP) for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) — is complete enough to inform the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget submission due early next month, said Sean Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (RDA).

“We did an extensive portfolio review on unmanned — not just UCLASS — in the fall review as part of the budget process. I can’t give you much more than that at this stage. It’s going to be part of our budget submission,” Stackley told reporters following the
“There’s more work to be done and that will continue on into this calendar year as we prepare for [2017 budget request].”

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