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Unmanned X-47B Achieves First Carrier Landing

The X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator completes its first arrested landing on board the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush on July 10. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

July 10, 2013

The Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first arrested landing on board an aircraft carrier Wednesday when it touched down on the USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia. The U.S. Navy said the event made history as the first time a tailless, unmanned autonomous aircraft landed on a modern aircraft carrier.

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