U.S. Navy Flies GA-ASI MQ-20 With Lockheed Control Station

U.S. Navy pilots use a Lockheed Martin control station to fly a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. MQ-20.

Credit: U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy, General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc. and Lockheed Martin recently used the service’s future carrier-based control system to fly an air vehicle for the first time. The companies on Nov. 7 announced that the Lockheed Martin Unmanned Aviation Mission Control System (UMCS) conducted...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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