X-47B Program to Demonstrate Some Aspects of Carrier-Based Low-Observable Aircraft

Credit: AMY BUTLER/AW&ST
Details about stealth, new missions such as air-to-air refueling and some unexpected benefits of a combat aircraft without a pilot are beginning to seep out around the edges of Northrop Grumman discussions of their new U.S. Navy contract to land an unmanned combat aircraft on a carrier deck by late...

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