The Northrop Grumman X-47B is a demonstration unmanned combat aerial vehicle designed for aircraft carrier-based operations. Developed by the American defense technology company Northrop Grumman, the
An X-47B demonstrator over the United States Navy's Atlantic Test Range
The X-47B's first takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on 4 February 2011
An X-47B with folded wings on the aircraft elevator of George H.W. Bush on 14 May 2013
An X-47B launches from George H.W. Bush on 14 May 2013
The Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike was a United States Navy program to develop an autonomous carrier-based unmanned combat aerial vehicle providing an uncrewed intelligence
Northrop Grumman X-47B
…Demonstrator aircraft with a 62-foot (19 m) wingspan, first flown in 2011. Proposed larger version intended for the Navy's UCLASS project or as an Air Force strategic bomber. Data from…
Unmanned X-47B with USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the background