Navy Readies X-47B for Carrier Trials
The X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator completes its first shore-based arrested landing at Patuxent River, Md., on May 4. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)
The X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator completes its first shore-based arrested landing at Patuxent River, Md., on May 4. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy conducted the first shore-based arrested landing of the X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator on May 4 in advance of sea-based trials planned this month.