Northrop Grumman Wants $46 Million In FY '02 Budget For Stealthy N- UCAV

By Marc Strass

Northrop Grumman (NOC) wants Congress to add $46 million to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) FY '02 budget to enable the company to develop a stealth prototype of its Naval- Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (N-UCAV), according to a senior program official.

"We are looking to get a congressional plus for LO (low observable) development of our Naval UCAV in the FY '02 budget," Randy Secor, Northrop Grumman's program manager for Naval UCAV, told Defense Daily yesterday at a display of a mock-up...