The Navy today launched an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) from an aircraft carrier at sea, the system's first at-sea catapult launch. The aircraft flew from USS George H. W.

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator successfully completed its inaugural land-based catapult launch here Nov. 29, marking the start of a new era for naval aviation. "Carrier-based ...

Methinks the U.S. Navy has contracted some weird allergy to fleet experimentation. Why else would service potentates retire a promising experimental aircraft like the X-47B unmanned combat air system ...

Northrop Grumman's X-47B unmanned combat aircraft system demonstrator was hoisted aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Truman at NAS Norfolk, Va., on Nov. 26 ,to begin several weeks of deck ...

Silent, unmanned, and deadly accurate—the X-47B is the U.S. Navy’s cutting-edge stealth drone that could redefine the future of aerial combat. Here's how this pilotless strike fighter changes the game ...

Founder and Editor of sUAS News | Gary Mortimer has been a commercial balloon pilot for 25 years and also flies full-size helicopters. Prior to that, he made tea and coffee in air traffic control ...

In 2014, the X-47B unmanned combat air vehicle made aviation history with its successful launch and recovery from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. These groundbreaking trials marked a major leap toward ...

Tap the icon in the digital edition of AW&ST to watch a video of the X-47B's seven back-to-back carrier touch-and-go landings, or go to AviationWeek.com/video The ...