| ID | 138644 |
| Title Proper | Looking into the future |
| Other Title Information | integration of UAS into the carrier strike group could come of age in the US Navy’s UCLASS programme |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mekala, Dilip Kumar |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Unmanned combat air system (UCAS) and unmanned aerial system (UAS) on an aircraft carrier is a considerably new area in naval warfare. It hasn’t been attempted before and owing to the complexity of such a task, it will take a long time before the naval force is able to successfully integrate it into a Carrier Battle Group (CBG). “It is hard to say why this is the case but one likely reason is the considerable complexity around manned carrier operations. Introducing UCAS/UAS into this mix, particularly when the technology for reliable launch and recovery operations on carriers has only recently been proven with the US Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) programme, has been perceived as too high a risk at this point,” said Andrew Duggan, managing director, Insitu Pacific Limited. Duggan was speaking at Naval Aviation Seminar in New Delhi, organised by the Indian Navy to take a futuristic look at the field of naval aviation. |
| `In' analytical Note | Force Vol. 12, No.10; Jun 2015: p.36-37 |
| Journal Source | Force 2015-06 12, 10 |
| Key Words | Indian Navy ; US Navy ; UAS ; Unmanned Aerial System ; Unmanned Combat Air System ; Carrier Battle Group ; UCLASS ; Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike |