Courtesy of the U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman, below are photos and videos of the Northrop X-47B Naval Unmanned Combat Air System — a carrier-launched, killer drone — being craned aboard the USS Harry S. Truman for deck-handling tests on Nov. 26.
The tests will look a lot like the earlier demo seen in the video above. The X-47′s first carrier launch could take place next year, paving the way for a formal acquisition of long-range strike robots for the Navy by 2018.
Northrop Grumman photo.
Navy photo.
It’s always nice to see the “special” Military hardware. I wonder what else secret toys the military has that’s not known to the public…
[...] Monday sailors used a crane to lift one of the two X-47B prototypes aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, [...]
[...] Monday sailors used a crane to lift one of the two X-47B prototypes aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, [...]