X-47B Demonstrator Makes Carrier Landing

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 unmanned, autonomous vehicle and the first by a completely tailless aircraft. With this test, the...

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