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The U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator is virtually at sea for the first time even before the low-observable system makes its first flight due this year. The Navy and contractor Northrop Grumman have personnel from the UCAS-D program on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier for fit checks and integration in various ship subsystems. The Navy released this rendering of the excursion: Later this year, an F/A-18 is supposed to be used as a UCAS-D surrogate to validate the approach sequence an X-47B would perform as it comes in for landing.
The Navy and contractor Northrop Grumman have personnel from the UCAS-D program on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier for fit checks and integration in various ship subsystems.
The Navy released this rendering of the excursion:
Later this year, an F/A-18 is supposed to be used as a UCAS-D surrogate to validate the approach sequence an X-47B would perform as it comes in for landing.
Tags: ar99, X-47B, Navy, Northrop Grumman, UCAS