U.S. Navy Readies F/A-18D with UCAS Control Software

Credit: NORTHROP GRUMMAN
While preparing for the initial flight of its first X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS), Northrop Grumman is also working this summer to refine the control technologies that allow the stealthy, tailless aircraft to operate in and around an aircraft carrier. Cracking the code on reliable control...

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