Couple of points...
If anyone succeeds in making a CV-based UCAV work - and the hardware now exists to do it - DLT is a non-factor. Maverick-types won't like it, but the logic is impeccable.
Also, there's weirdness around the electromagnetic launch program. Understand that EMALS people have been told not to talk to the RN or UK MoD. Why should that be? So as to not rock the STOVL boat?
Yes, there is risk in EMALS... but it's under a 5-year SDD contract to be finished in 2009, including tests at Lakehurst. By that time, Dave-B will have been flying for only a year. Choose your risk.