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July 11, 2013 02:24 am -04
Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/10/us-navy-x-47b-unmanned-plane-lands-on-aircraft-carrier/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadg
US Navy's X-47B unmanned jet successfully lands on an aircraft carrier
The US Navy's unmanned plane, the X-47B, has been in development for years. It first flew in 2011, began testing aboard an aircraft carrier in late 2012, and finally took off from a floating airstrip earlier this year. Taking off from a moving ship is easier than landing on one, of course, but the X-47B accomplished that task today when it successfully landed on the USS George H.W. Bush. And, just to show off, shortly thereafter the X-47B was launched from carrier via catapult and, once again, landed successfully. So, it looks to be only a matter of time before our Top Guns look more like Watson, and less like Tom Cruise.
Filed under: Transportation
Source: US Navy
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