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CNO on Unmanned systems

February 4, 2010 — via Navy Times

Unmanned at sea. Officials are elated with the recent deployment of the vertical take-off unmanned aerial vehicle, better known as Fire Scout, aboard a ship supporting counter-drug operations. “We’re going to get these systems into where the action is,” Roughead said. • More power. The Navy continues to expand its future fleet and inventory of unmanned systems that will be used for undersea and surface operations, but one big problem remains: Insufficient power. Roughead said the capability is hampered “if after 24 hours it has to come home.” He implored the crowd heavily represented by communications and electronics companies: “We need power, and we need power quickly.”

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