B is not just another drone - it's a symbol of the future of military aviation. With development costs nearing $875 million, it became a lightning rod for debate on defense spending. Designed for ...

In 2014, the X-47B unmanned combat air vehicle made aviation history with its successful launch and recovery from a U.S. Navy ...

While the defense industry waits for the Navy to release details for the UCLASS drone, a separate but related drone, the X-47B, continues to undergo testing. The latest step: On Sunday ...

But not for long. The Navy's experimental X-47B combat system won't be remotely piloted, but almost completely autonomous. Human involvement won't be of the stick-and-rudder variety, but handled ...

The flight of the drone, dubbed X-47B, could redefine naval aviation. Landing on an aircraft carrier as it plies the ocean and pitches with the waves is considered an extremely difficult feat for ...

The U.S. Navy recently conducted its first successful tests of drones and jets operating together aboard an aircraft carrier. The test flights, which took place Aug. 17 aboard the USS Theodore ...

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia July 10. "It isn't very ...

Don't try this with your backyard drone. The X-47B has made its first arrested landing on an aircraft carrier, and the world of unmanned aircraft may never be the same. Jon Skillings is an ...

The X-47B drone made history Wednesday as the first robot to land itself on the moving flight deck of an aircraft carrier at sea, according to U.S. Navy. The machine, named "Salty Dog 502," took ...

USS HARRY S. TRUMAN, At Sea -- The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first at-sea test phase aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN ...

The third time was a miss. After two successful landings on an aircraft carrier — including the first ever by an autonomous drone — the X-47B drone "Salty Dog 502" aborted a third landing ...