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.

Navy technicians will perform arrested landings and catapult launches of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland this year in preparation for ...

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 ...

Off the coast of Virginia, on the deck of the USS George H. W. Bush, the US Navy made history by successfully launching the first unmanned aircraft. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on ...

The Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator made its first arrested landing July 10 on the USS George Bush, the Navy has announced. It was the first arrested carrier landing by ...

The Navy's X-47B unmanned aircraft has completed its final test aboard 'USS Theodore Roosevelt' (CVN 71) and has returned to its home base at Naval Air Station Patuxent River after eight days at sea , ...

Something happened on the deck of an aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia on Tuesday that could eventually ripple all the way back to one of the biggest factories in the St. Louis area. The ...

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH – A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, Northrop Grumman Corp. and ...

What You Need to Know: The US Navy's pursuit of carrier-launched drones dates back to the 1980s with the A-12 Avenger II, a planned stealthy bomber drone. -Despite initial promise, the A-12 program, ...