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.

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 ...

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 ...

TAILLESS AHEAD: The first of two X-47B carrier demonstration system air vehicles is more than 50 percent complete and ahead of its build schedule as it proceeds toward first flight in November ...

Home 2012 June U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Complete X-47B Flight Testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Move Second Unmanned Aircraft to East Coast UCAS-D X-47B AV-2 Third Flight ...

The second X-47B, known as Air Vehicle 2, arrives at Pax River June 14 after its cross-country drive from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. AV-2 is similar to its sister aircraft, which arrived at ...

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 ...

130710-N-LE576-002 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 10, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) makes a carrier-based arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman (NOC) a six-year, $635.8 mln contract to conduct the first ever at-sea carrier launches and recoveries with a fixed-wing unmanned air system (UAS), the X ...