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Monday, May 05, 2014

Congress’s Chance to Fix Aircraft Carrier Drones

X-47B UCASGiven the chaotic defense budgetary environment, one could be forgiven for overlooking the fact that some truly strategic issues are at play in the defense authorization bill markup taking place in Congress this week.

One key issue involves how Congress deals with the Navy’s poor choices in the development of a future carrier-based drone, or in Pentagon-speak, the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, or UCLASS, program.

The Navy made a mistake by issuing requirements that guarantee the fleet will receive a lesser drone than it could be getting.

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