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Friday, September 09, 2011

U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Honored by Defense News

X-47BAerospace trade publication Defense News has selected the U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) as its Unmanned Technology & Innovation Achievement for 2011.

Launched in 2010, the awards recognize recent advances in defense technologies by U.S. companies and defense agencies. Achievements are nominated and selected based on their ability to help the war fighter, to advance their field and to reduce costs.

The autonomous X-47B is the air vehicle for the Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program. It will be used in 2013 to demonstrate the first carrier landings and launches by a tailless, low-observable-relevant unmanned system. The fighter-sized aircraft features an innovative, GPS-based navigation and landing system that will enable it to land autonomously, with precision, on the moving deck of a Navy aircraft carrier.

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