The Weekly Debrief: New Vision Resurrects Carrier-Based UCAV Interest

Steve Trimble November 01, 2021
X-47B
Credit: Northrop Grumman
U.S. naval aviation will need to field a next-generation stealth fighter, a carrier-based unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), advanced rotorcraft and an assortment of new long-range missiles and directed energy weapons in 2030-35, a newly released vision document shows. Even as new capabilities are...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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