We have a debate going on today about the
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle. We frequently ask the question: "If it weren't for the novelty of not having an aircrew or pilot in it, would we even be thinking about this vehicle?" The answer for some designs is no.
Support will be provided to both the F/A-22 and
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Systems Program Offices over the next 12 months for the delivery of acquisition logistics, systems engineering and other program management services.
Under a $10 million contract modification that runs through FY 2004, Northrop Grumman will continue work on a naval
unmanned combat air vehicle, including additional technology and risk-reduction studies such as modeling and simulation of autonomous flight operations from an aircraft carrier.
altitude and 75 kg payload, is the forerunner to the more advanced Rustom H and
unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV).
This includes $1.4 billion in core science and technology efforts, and $77.8 million in joint
unmanned combat air vehicle funding.
J-UCAS was formed last October by merging the Air Force X-45 and the Navy X-47
unmanned combat air vehicle programs.
We have a debate going on about the UCAV today, the
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle, that carries bombs and weapons.
Last fall, the Air Force rolled out the first prototype "
unmanned combat air vehicle" (UCAV), the X-45A.
London, July 13 (ANI): The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled a prototype of its first unmanned combat aircraft, also called '
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle' (UCAV).
The leading service in this context is the US Air Force, which has been working with Darpa (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) since the 1990s on an ATD (Advanced Technology Demonstration) programme to develop and test a low-cost Ucav (
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) designed for pre-emptive and reactive Sead (Suppression of Enemy Air Defences) missions against fixed and mobile targets.