<p><br><P> At some point in the future, Patuxent River Naval Air Station will host testing of the Northrop Grumman X-47B, a stealthy, unmanned flying wing that serves as the Navy's current testing ...
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator successfully completed its inaugural land-based catapult launch here Nov. 29, marking the start of a new era for naval aviation. "Carrier-based ...
Off the coast of Virginia, on the deck of the USS George H. W. Bush, the US Navy made history by successfully launching the first unmanned aircraft. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on ...
The Navy today launched an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) from an aircraft carrier at sea, the system's first at-sea catapult launch. The aircraft flew from USS George H. W.
The Navy X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle has arrived at Patuxent Naval Air Station, Md., where it will undergo testing for carrier-based operations that will include the use of catapult and arresting ...
It was not an ordinary morning at Pax River when a large flatbed truck hauling the fighter-sized X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator, called UCAS-D, entered through the naval air station’s ...
The Navy's X-47B unmanned aircraft has completed its final test aboard 'USS Theodore Roosevelt' (CVN 71) and has returned to its home base at Naval Air Station Patuxent River after eight days at sea , ...
B, the billion-dollar unmanned aircraft that pushed the boundaries of drone technology. We examine its development, advanced carrier-based capabilities, and what it revealed about the future of ...
Methinks the U.S. Navy has contracted some weird allergy to fleet experimentation. Why else would service potentates retire a promising experimental aircraft like the X-47B unmanned combat air system ...
The Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator made its first arrested landing July 10 on the USS George Bush, the Navy has announced. It was the first arrested carrier landing by ...
An aircraft that could be China’s new stealth drone, unofficially dubbed the “GJ-X,” has been spotted flying for the first ...