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Northrop Grumman has begun installing systems in the first X-47B under the $635 million US Navy unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) contract won in August. The aircraft is scheduled to fly in 2009 and make its first autonomous carrier landing in 2011.
(DoD Contract Announcement) - Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems – Western Region, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $635,860,599 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the Unmanned Combat Air System CV Demonstration Program (UCAS-D).
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., April 18, 2007 - The Pratt & Whitney F119 engine, powering the F-22 Raptor, exceeded 40,000 production flight hours in April, a major milestone for the engine program. F119- powered F-22 Raptors currently operate from Langley AFB, Virginia; Edwards AFB, California; Nellis AFB,...
The U.S. Navy is finally accepting proposals for stealthy unmanned combat aerial system (UCAS) vehicles that can demonstrate a capability to operate from carriers.
Boeing and Northrop both submit systems developed under J-UCAS for service's combat air system competition