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Navy Looks To 2014 For UCAS-D Autonomous Aerial Refueling

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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

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By Marina Malenic NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The Navy and prime contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] plan to conclude an intensive four-year flight-test program of the sea service's newest unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft in 2014 with autonomous aerial refueling, officials said yesterday. Given a successful first flight of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstration (UCAS-D) earlier this year, the program is on track to complete six phases of flying by 2014, said Capt. Jaime Engdahl, the Navy's program manager for the system.…

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