The Northrop Grumman X-47B is a demonstration unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) designed for aircraft carrier-based operations.

The X-47B is a tailless, strike fighter-sized unmanned aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman as part of the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) Carrier Demonstration program.

Apr 29, 2023 · The X-47B of the U.S. Navy was a particularly formidable stealth drone, but it's no longer in use by the military. Here's why.

Feb 19, 2021 · The X-47B is an unmanned combat air system carrier (UCAS) offered by Northrop Grumman for the US Navy (USN). The strike fighter size unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first-ever autonomous aerial refuelling demonstration with an Omega Air KC-707 tanker in April 2015.

Apr 12, 2023 · Between 2011-15, the Northrop Grumman X-47B was tested as the US Navy's first inquiry into unmanned aircraft. This is where it is now.

Aug 26, 2022 · US Navy’s X-47B unmanned jets are heading to museum after 11 years of service. The historic aircraft have a long-standing history of successful operations. So why were they decommissioned?

The unmanned aircraft’s specifications are impressive; shaped like a bat, tailless, and bearing a wingspan of 62 feet, the X-47B was designed to be a long-range vehicle that could operate at a...

Aug 25, 2022 · An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator about to enter the groove during an approach to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush was the first aircraft carrier to successfully catapult …

May 6, 2015 · Retired in April 2015, the U.S. Navy’s two Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned air vehicles – known by their call signs as Salty Dog 501 and Salty Dog 502 – represent the most significant progress in Unmanned Combat Aerial Systems (UCAS) to date.

On 10 July 2013, the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of...