It is but is it now actually a necessity for any meaningful kind of Littoral assault? Are MALE drones actually more important for a LRG now than an Apache for a fraction of the cost?
Having a loitering MALE drone launched from a LPH/LHD with a 25 hour endurance and 16 Hellfire is a game changing capability IMO. Having 3 or 4 MALE STOL drones providing overwatch for the strike force ashore and another 3 or 4 STOL Sea Guardian providing ASuW and ASW coverage for the LRG/LSG at sea is totally groundbreaking. The 16 Hellfire maximum load equates to the same approximate weight as 2 NSM or 6 Sea Venom. Amazing potential for an expendable unit in highly attritional battle spaces.
RN continues to have a serious lack of helicopters. Naval MALE STOL drones such as the Mojave or something similar removes this deficiency in one procurement when the technology matures to an acceptable level. That is unlikely to be too far away.