US Navy X-47 Carrier-Based Drone

US Navy X-47 Carrier-Based Drone


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Boeing X-45

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X-45
Boeing X-45A
Role	Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
Manufacturer	Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
First flight	22 May 2002
Primary user	United States Air Force
Number built	2
Variants	Phantom Ray

The Boeing X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle is a concept demonstrator for a next generation of completely autonomous military aircraft, developed by Boeing's Phantom Works. Manufactured byBoeing Integrated Defense Systems, the X-45 was a part of DARPA's J-UCAS project.

Aviation Week One reason for the demise of J-UCAS was a divergence between Navy requirements, which were constrained by wingspan, and Air Force desires for endurance and a “deep magazine,” which were not. By late 2005, Northrop Grumman was briefing on this 10,000-lb.-payload Unmanned Global Strike System with a 172-ft. wingspan and engines based on the General Electric CF34.

The Unmanned X-47B Just Pulled Off a Mid-Air ...
www.popularmechanics.com/.../a15230/x-47b-mid-air-refueling
Apr 21, 2015 · Another first for naval aviation, courtesy of the X-47B: An unmanned aircraft has executed a mid-flight refueling. The Navy's X-47B demonstrator aircraft ... yet another first for the Navy's experimental drone fighter, which became the first unmanned plane to take off from and land on an aircraft carrier.
X-47B First to Complete Autonomous Aerial ...
www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=86710
The X-47B successfully conducted the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) of an unmanned aircraft April 22 2015

X-47B Demonstrates Unmanned Aerial Refueling For...
foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/x-47b-demonstrates-unmanned...
Originally, the X-47B was not going to be funded for a aerial refueling demonstration, but money was apparently applied to this highly relevant test set which will ...

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Navy to Conduct First Aerial Refueling of X-47B Carrier Drone ...
www.military.com/daily-news/2015/04/02/navy-to-conduct...
The Navy plans to demonstrate aerial refueling for the first time on its carrier-launched demonstrator aircraft, the X-47B, within the next few weeks.

X-47B Drone Set For Refueling Test Tomorrow «...
breakingdefense.com/2015/04/robot-to-get-tanked-x-47b...
The X-47B drone plugs into an aerial refueling tanker for the first time.


X-47B Unmanned Aerial Refueling Demo Cut -...
aviationweek.com/awin/x-47b-unmanned-aerial-refueling...
Plans to demonstrate autonomous aerial refueling of the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat aircraft are a casualty of cuts in the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2014 budget.