The global UCAV market continues to evolve at a steady pace as state actors seek to uplift their capabilities to enhance platforms which might someday compete against one another in various operational environments. A look at what is available. Ongoing efforts in the US, Europe, China, and Russia continue to be hampered with financial constraints and technological restrictions delaying the progress of some flagship programmes. The US has been trailblazing the UCAV market with a mature test programme of the Unmanned Combat Air System- Demonstrator (UCAS-D) twice extended, although the two participating X-47B air frames are now once again being threatened with being mothballed.
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