What does J-UCAS stand for?

America's Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-Ucas) programme was terminated in FY07 after the expenditure of $ 800 million.

Northrop Grumman's San Diego segments are competing for three "big" contracts--the Department of Defense's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance, or BAMS, the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program, or J-UCAS, and the Joint Tactical Radio Systems, or JTRS.

Goals of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) program provide some indication of future airborne force-projection capabilities.

The Boeing 787 joins a growing list of current and next-generation aircraft for which the INTEGRITY operating system has been selected, including the Airbus A380, Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-22, Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed Martin F-16, Airbus A400M military transport, Boeing C-17, Boeing B-1B, Boeing B-52, Boeing X-45C Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems and Sikorsky S-92 helicopter.

The early transition for the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program is a major success and an indicator of the program's importance, Pentagon officials said in an announcement of the shift.

The winners for each category are: Acquisition-Simulation & Analysis Facility Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) Simulation Team, Advanced Computational Analysis Directorate (ASC/HP), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Team award for demonstrating exceptional technical innovation in the development and integration of the J-UCAS simulations.

In recent months, the Defense Department has directed the Air Force and the Navy to consolidate their unmanned combat aircraft programs and renamed the new effort Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems, or J-UCAS.

Byline: Daily News Northrop Grumman Corporation announced it has started construction of its X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems aircraft, a surveillance attack and aircraft intended to operate from and bases and aircraft carriers.