Navy's X-47B drone completes first carrier takeoff

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Navy's X-47B drone completes first carrier takeoff

Postby plaintext » Thu May 16, 2013 4:26 am

""Today we saw a small, but significant pixel in the future picture of our Navy as we begin integration of unmanned systems into arguably the most complex warfighting environment that exists today: the flight deck of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier," the Navy's "Air Boss," Vice Admiral David Buss said .."
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/navys ... -1C9922371

For those who loathe wiki citations - buck up and pass it by, and don't whine !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1558 ... -a-carrier
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