USS Carl Vinson is 1st CVN to have UAV command center

The U.S. Navy has certified the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command center aboard USS Carl Vinson, making the aircraft carrier the first to do so.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The UAV ready room was installed during USS Carl Vinson’s recent Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) in San Diego.

Capt. Beau Duarte, program manager of Unmanned Carrier Aviation program office (PMA-268), said the milestone “marks the start of a phased implementation of the MQ-XX system on an aircraft carrier.”