Tag: X-47B
X-47B demonstrates autonomous aerial refueling over the Atlantic Ocean
A new milestone in the history of unmanned aircraft was made yesterday, as 'Salty Dog 502' X-47B, the first drone designed to operate from US Navy carriers linked to adrogue of an Omega tanker off the coast of Maryland.
US Navy demonstrates carrier-based manned-unmanned cooperation
The first series of manned/unmanned operations on board USS Theodore Roosevelt began when the ship launched an F/A-18 and an X-47B. After an eight-minute flight, the X-47B executed an arrested landing, folded its wings and taxied out of the landing area. The deck-based operator used newly developed deck handling control to manually move the aircraft out of the way of other aircraft, allowing the F/A-18 to touch down close behind the X-47B's recovery
First Unmanned Aircraft Launch from Carrier – A Moment in History
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the...
Arrested Landing Completes X-47B Unmanned UCAS-D Preparations For Carrier Tests
The U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator performed its first arrested landing at Patuxent River, Naval Air Station in Maryland, on...
Unmanned X-47B Begins Envelope Expansion Tests over Edwards
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration aircraft reached a major milestone Sept. 30 when it retracted its landing gear and flew in its cruise configuration for the first time. The flight, conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, also helped validate precision navigation hardware and software that will allow the X-47B to land with precision on the moving deck of an aircraft carrier.
Phantom Ray – Boeing’s Unmanned Fighter is Finally Flying
Boeing made Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight April 27 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "Autonomous, fighter-sized unmanned aircraft are real" Program manager comments.
X-47B Preform First Flight
On February 4th The Northrop Grumman - built U.S. Navy X-47B  aircraft successfully completed its historic first flight at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Conducted by a...
U.S. Navy Considers Deploying Combat UAV by 2018
The U.S. Navy is considering fielding a stealthy unmanned combat aircraft as part of a carrier strike group, as early as 2018. The Navy...
X-47 Remains on Schedule for Sea Trials despite First Flight Delay
The first flight of the U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator has been postponed by several months and will take place at Edwards...
‘Phantom Ray’ to Revive Boeing’s X-45C Unmanned Combat Aircraft
The Boeing Company is reviving the X-45 unmanned aerial system to be used for testing and demonstration of advanced unmanned air system technologies,...
Northrop Grumman to Build an Unmanned Combat Aircraft for the US...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) won a $635 million US Navy contract to build a Carrier-based (CV) Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration vehicle (UCAS-D). The...
