Tuesday, December 4, 2012

First Catapult Launch of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Launched

First Catapult Launch of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Launched: Patuxent River, MD (SPX) Dec 03, 2012



Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have conducted the Navy's first catapult launch of an unmanned system using the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator.

The test was conducted at a shore-based catapult facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.

It marks the first of several shore-based catapult-to-flight tests that will be performed before the Navy's UCAS Carri

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