UCLASS will have minimum range of 600nm

The U.S. Navy told contractors bidding for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) that their UAVs should a minimum range of 600 nautical miles and costs $150 million per orbit.

The unmanned aircraft must be able to carry out surveillance for two orbits at 600nm and one orbit at 1200nm, all without in-flight refueling.

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