The evil geniuses at Northrop Grumman successfully completed the first flight of its X-47B unmanned stealth bomber a few days ago at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California.
In the air for a full twenty-nine minutes, the tailless, fighter-sized UAV flew to 5,000 feet and completed several racetrack-type patterns, before landing safely at 2:38 pm PST.
The aircraft will continue to undergo tests at Edwards AFB before heading to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, later this year.
The ultimate goal is to get this bad boy taking off and landing on US Navy carriers. Carrier trials are currently slated for sometime in 2013.
(Source: Engadget)
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“Carrier trials are currently slated for sometime in 2013” Why are they waiting so long? Also this is really cool and everything but what’s the point of it being unmanned?
“evil geniuses” – where are you getting stories from????
and is a new and improved UNMANNED ARIEF VEHICLE such a hiddush that it belongs in YWN? They’ve been around for a generation and are quite common in both Israeli and American usage.