X-47B Demonstrator Moves Closer To Carrier Demo
Credit: Northrop Grumman
The U.S. Navy’s unmanned combat air system demonstrator has taken two key steps toward demonstrating autonomous operation from an aircraft carrier at sea next summer. On Nov. 29, the first Northrop Grumman X-47B air vehicle, AV-1, made its first catapult launch from a land-based test facility at NAS...
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