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Navy PEO Cites ‘Ambitious’ Timeframe For Carrier UAV

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

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PATUXENT RIVER, Md.--The Navy’s senior executive officer for unmanned aviation said this week that the planned timeframe for basing a UAV strike platform on an aircraft carrier was “pretty ambitious,” but the service still plans to do so by 2020. Rear Adm. Mat Winter, program executive officer for unmanned aviation and weapons, noted that operating the platform involved the complexities associated with its technology, along with fully integrating it on an aircraft carrier and training the operating personnel. “The timeline…

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