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X-47B First Arrested Landing

submitted by Kulpims T'dna

(kulpims)
1 decade 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago

[Monday, May 4th 2013]
Credit: U.S. Navy - Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Northrop Grumman
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes its first shore-based arrested landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

Bonus: video of first land-based catapult launch back in Nov. 2012
http://youtu.be/tc7Jo4XmamA
http://youtu.be/wtN_6HzGC3Y

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Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS has been added as a related post - related requested by kulpims on that post.

Skynet's latest acquisition: X-47A Pegasus has been added as a related post - related requested by kulpims on that post.

AeroMechanical says...

Was it landing autonomously?

We will most of us here, live to see the first civilian to take one of these toys down on U.S.soil; The sane and unsullied who see the writing on the wall look forward to this day with hope and joy.

in short - yes. though the X-47B is unmanned, it is not a drone. instead, it’s an autonomous aerial vehicle, which means that it flies missions according to pre-programmed instructions rather than being under constant control by a ground-based pilot. this first-ever arrested landing was the highlight of three months of shore-based carrier testing, which included precision approaches, touch-and-go landings, and precision landings

AeroMechanicalsaid:

Was it landing autonomously?

Moving this video to kulpims's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

*related=http://videosift.com/video/X-47B-UCAS-D-First-Catapult-Launch-from-USS-George-H-W-Bush

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X-47B UCAS-D First Catapult Launch from USS George H.W. Bush has been added as a related post - related requested by kulpims.

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