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Thursday, January 22, 2009

X-47B - First Navy Stealth UAV Ready

X-47B Unmanned BomberNorthrop Grumman recently announced its stealth UAV has been successfully completed and will be ready for initial test flights in the fall of 2009.

Designed under a joint program with the United States Navy, the X-47B drone will closely resemble a strike fighter.

It will take off from and land on an aircraft carrier and support mid-air refueling.

Unlike the current crop of military UAVs, the X-47B will operate mostly autonomously once airborne.

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