X-47B Heads To Pax River En Route To Carrier Demo

Credit: Northrop Grumman
Spring 2012 at NAS Patuxent River, Md., and an unusual shape joins the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters flying the pattern at the U.S. Navy's test center. The tailless flying wing is Northrop Grumman's X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D), being prepared for autonomous landings on an...

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