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July 10, 2013 10:41 pm GMT

A Drone Landed on an Aircraft Carrier for the First Time Ever

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Northrop Grumman's X-47B unmanned aircraft made aviation history Wednesday, becoming the first drone to successfully come to a full-stop landing on an aircraft carrier at sea

The X-47B flew from a Maryland naval base to the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush, which was waiting off the Virginia coast. While on approach, the aircraft deployed a tail hook which caught an arresting cable — exactly the same procedure followed by human naval aviators.

Aircraft carrier landings are among the hardest procedures naval aviators must master, as they involve constant adjusting for wind speed, wind direction and the target ship's movements. That an unmanned airplane successfully accomplished the task is a massively significant step forward for drone aviation.

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