US Navy's X-47B UCAS Aircraft

FORBIN

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Salty Dog 502 does the job !!!

X-47B Makes First Arrested Landing at Sea (Updated 3:00 p.m, EDT)
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X-47B Navy drone completes first ever unmanned carrier landing
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Navy drone X-47B lands on carrier deck in historic first
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bd popeye

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Film at eleven!

[video=youtube;RzKDCO9KuaI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RzKDCO9KuaI[/video]

[video=youtube;Rc2k6G8LuqY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Rc2k6G8LuqY[/video]
 
bd popeye

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i feel so elated.. when I get home this evening I'm going to watch these videos on the big screen in 1080p full glory.

This is an awesome achievement. Now the question is what will be the final design of the USN UCLASS? And when shall we see the first operational squadrons?
 
kwaigonegin

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Outstanding! I'm curious to see where the controllers will be stationed at once the squadron is formed and things are operational. Will the human operators be land based or on the 'mother ship' itself?
 
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After it must perform a self-landing or what is planned for the future UCLASS drone program ?

It was remote from Paxt or Bush ?
 
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FORBIN said:
After it must perform a self-landing or what is planned for the future UCLASS drone program ?

It was remote from Paxt or Bush ?
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Nothing has been finalized. No final design has been accepted. Only two demonstrators have been built. Here's the latest news.

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I saw an operator for the X-47B on the flight deck of the Bush. However the whole operation is integrated with a controller on the ship, the ships air traffic control center and NAS PAX River. How it works..I don't know.

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 10, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert, left, and Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus observe an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is the first aircraft carrier to recover an unmanned aircraft at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 10, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The landing marks the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed an arrested landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 10, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The landing marks the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed an arrested landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arif Patani/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 10, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The landing marks the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed an arrested landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communica
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 10, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The landing marks the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed an arrested landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Kevin J. Steinberg/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 10, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The landing marks the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed an arrested landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian Stephens/Released)
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bd popeye said:
Nothing has been finalized. No final design has been accepted. Only two demonstrators have been built. Here's the latest news.

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I saw an operator for the X-47B on the flight deck of the Bush. However the whole operation is integrated with a controller on the ship, the ships air traffic control center and NAS PAX River. How it works..I don't know.
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Holy mackerel Popeye, all of the VIPs were there, right on deck, clear up the food chain!

Let's you know that all eyes were on this. It's going forward. You rarely see that type of big wig attendance at a technology demonstrator exercise.
 
bd popeye

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Holy mackerel Popeye, all of the VIPs were there, right on deck, clear up the food chain!

Let's you know that all eyes were on this. It's going forward. You rarely see that type of big wig attendance at a technology demonstrator exercise.
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Yep.. those mates are heavy weights..Real heavy.

I betcha soon.. within 1 year to 18 months the Navy will ask for the funding to get the UCLASS program going full force.
 
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