Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Congress & US Navy Clashing Over UCLASS Capabilities for Procurement


The Navy’s carrier-based drone known as UCLASS continues to face challenges from the Joint Staff, parts of the Navy and, perhaps most importantly, Capitol HIll.

While the head of the program, Rear Adm. Mat Winter told reporters here yesterday that a Request for Proposal will be issued “very soon” the program’s requirements came under fire at a preliminary Defense Acquisition Board meeting.

Our colleagues at DoDBuzz reported taht the RFP had been ”suspended.” Struck by the apparent divergence between Adm. Winter’s comments here and the Buzz story I checked with the Navy..

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