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Navy Performs X-47B Flight Operations With Manned Aircraft For First Time

Pat Host

Monday, August 18th, 2014

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Navy Performs X-47B Flight Operations With Manned Aircraft For First Time

The Navy's unmanned X-47B conducts flight operations Aug. 17 aboard the aircratft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Photo: Northrop Grumman.

The Navy over the weekend performed a series of flight tests with the unmanned X-47B that the service said showed unmanned aircraft are compatible with manned carrier aviation without significant impact to normal flight operations. The first series of manned-unmanned operations began Sunday when the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) launched an F/A-18 and an X-47B. After an eight-minute flight, the X-47B executed an arrested landing, folded its wings and taxied out of the landing area. The deck-based operator used newly-developed…

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