Mabus wants X-47B testing to continue

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said he would like to see Northrop Grumman’s X-47B carry out more testing in the interim while the service waits for the UCLASS program to proceed.

A U.S. Navy X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 21, 2013, in the Atlantic Ocean 130521-N-ZZ999-101
By Alan Radecki [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

He also called on the Pentagon to let the navy proceed with issuing request for proposals (RFP) for the UCLASS as the program has been put on hold for two years pending a review by the Pentagon.

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