Roughead wants stealthy UAV on carrier decks by 2018

Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of the U.S. Navy, told attendees of the AUVSI convention that he sees a urgent requirement to field stealthy UAVs on aircraft carriers by 2018.

“For me, [the 2018 schedule is] too damn slow,” says Adm Gary Roughead.

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