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How the US Navy Built the X-47B Stealth Drone
Discover the groundbreaking US Navy X-47B drone, an autonomous jet that redefined carrier operations. From its historic first launch and landing on a moving carrier to autonomous aerial refueling, the ...
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The navy drone that almost replaced carrier fighter pilots
During the 2010s, the Northrop Grumman X-47B quietly achieved something many believed was still decades away. Designed as a ...
Aviation history was made last week: an unmanned aircraft — the X-47B — successfully completed an air-to-air refueling demonstration, taking 4,000 pounds of fuel from a KC-707 tanker aircraft. This ...
The US Navy operates a handful of fixed-wing and rotary drones, but has kept them in support roles, avoiding a wholesale replacement of its manned forces. The US Navy is quietly integrating drone ...
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