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X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

X-47B first flight: the era of the autonomous unmanned combat plane approaches

Article Summary

No matter how I look at this, it still seems like science fiction – a combat aircraft without a pilot that is capable of flying itself, making its own decisions, recognizing and neutralizing threats, and taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier. Last Friday (Feb 4), the Northrop Grumman-built U.S. Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft successfully completed its historic first flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The era of the unmanned combat plane is fast approaching.

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