X-47B Programme Wins Aviation Week Laureate Award
The U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, has won an Aviation Week Laureate Award for “extraordinary achievements” in Aeronautics and Propulsion.
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X-47B Will Pair With Manned Aircraft in Testing Later This Year
The U.S. Navy plans to take the Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator (UCAS-D) aircraft out to sea onboard an aircraft carrier this summer to test how well it operates together with manned aircraft around the ship and on the flight deck.
X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Now on Display at the National Naval Aviation Museum
As part of the National Naval Aviation Museum’s 50th anniversary, the Museum is proud to present the Navy’s latest in aerospace technology, a full-scale mock-up of Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system.
X-47B Wins Popular Mechanics Magazine 2013 Breakthrough Award
Popular Mechanics magazine has named the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) Program’s X-47B aircraft as one of its 2013 Breakthrough Award recipients.
US Navy X-47B Completes 100th Flight
The X-47B (AV-2) conducted the 100th flight for the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) programme at Patuxent River on Sept. 18. The Navy UCAS programme successfully completed all objectives for the carrier demonstration phase with the X-47B in July.
Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS – Aviation History Video
Northrop Grumman just posted this 4 minute-plus video trumpeting its recent achievements with the X-47B UCAS – successful takeoff and land from the deck of a moving aircraft carrier. It links the take-off and touch-and-go sequences in May with July footage of arrested landings in July.
US Senate Urges Navy To Slow Retirement Plans For X-47Bs
The Senate Appropriations Committee believes the Navy should not move quickly to retire two prototype unmanned aircraft that recently made history by demonstrating their ability to land and take-off on aircraft carriers.
X-47B Carrier Deck – Seven Times Touch-and Go – POV from Landing Wheel Arch
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) programme demonstrated an acute level of precision and repeatability during at-sea trials this spring/summer. On May 21 2013, the nose gear of the X-47B landed on the same relative spot on the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush seven times consecutively.