Off the coast of Virginia, on the deck of the USS George H. W. Bush, the US Navy made history by successfully launching the first unmanned aircraft. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on ...

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator successfully completed its inaugural land-based catapult launch here Nov. 29, marking the start of a new era for naval aviation. "Carrier-based ...

The Navy today launched an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) from an aircraft carrier at sea, the system's first at-sea catapult launch. The aircraft flew from USS George H. W.

The Navy X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle has arrived at Patuxent Naval Air Station, Md., where it will undergo testing for carrier-based operations that will include the use of catapult and arresting ...

Capt. Beau Duarte is program manager for carrier unmanned aviation (PMA-268) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. He’s leading a team to develop the future generation of unmanned aircraft for the Navy ...

Northrop Grumman Corp.’s development of an unmanned aircraft could deliver an economic shot to Los Angeles County’s declining aerospace industry. The X-47B, which was assembled at Northrop’s Palmdale ...

The Navy's X-47B unmanned aircraft has completed its final test aboard 'USS Theodore Roosevelt' (CVN 71) and has returned to its home base at Naval Air Station Patuxent River after eight days at sea , ...

The Navy is one year away from landing its first unmanned jet aircraft aboard a carrier after completing the most recent round of surrogate tests aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). In early July, ...

A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned ...

Methinks the U.S. Navy has contracted some weird allergy to fleet experimentation. Why else would service potentates retire a promising experimental aircraft like the X-47B unmanned combat air system ...