J-UCAS grappling with needs for aircraft carriers

The U.S. Navy portion of the Defense Department's Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) program is grappling with several unique requirements for operating on aircraft carriers. One challenge is figuring out how to fit the pilotless aircraft into a carrier's typically tight sequence of takeoffs...

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