The tailless strike fighter-sized unmanned composite aircraft is currently under development by Northrop Grumman as part of the U.S. Navy\u2019s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program. The aircraft was controlled from onboard the ship and was guided safely back to a runway on the mainland, now that this prototype has proved it can cope with sea launches, other trails have been planned that will navigation and landing features to the test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator has completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia. The tailless strike fighter-sized unmanned composite aircraft is currently under development by Northrop Grumman as part of the U.S. Navy\u2019s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program. The aircraft was controlled from onboard the ship and was guided safely back to a runway on the mainland, now that this prototype has proved it can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,378],"tags":[283],"class_list":["post-7934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace-aviation","category-composites-tv","tag-northrop-grumman","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\n