Aircraft
MRMUAS, Next-Gen Missile Added to U.S. Budget Cuts
The capability of the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout, shown, and its planned upgrade make canceling the Navy’s medium-range martime unmanned aircraft system a “manageable risk,” according to the Pentagon.
The capability of the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout, shown, and its planned upgrade make canceling the Navy’s medium-range martime unmanned aircraft system a “manageable risk,” according to the Pentagon.

The U.S. Department of Defense rolled out a $614 billion Fiscal Year 2013 budget submission February 13, revealing further program cancellations and “restructurings” to previously announced cuts. Sacrificed in the Pentagon’s exercise to reduce $259 billion over its five-year future years defense program (FYDP) are the Navy’s medium-range maritime unmanned aircraft system (MRMUAS) and the Air Force’s next generation missile (NGM). The program cuts add to earlier announced cancellations of the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30, C-27J Spartan and C-130 avionics modernization (AMP) programs.