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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.
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