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US Navy launches X-47B drone from aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...w-bush05152013
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 aircraft from just about any place in the world. The X-47B is the first drone designed to take off and land on a carrier, meaning the U.S. military would not need permission from other countries to use their bases. "As our access to overseas ports, forward operating locations and airspace is diminished around the world, the value of the aircraft carrier and the air wing becomes more and more important," Rear Adm. Ted Branch, commander of Naval Air Forces Atlantic, said after the flight off the Virginia coast. "So today is history." The move to expand the capabilities of the nation's drones comes amid growing criticism of America's use of Predators and Reapers to gather intelligence and carry out lethal missile attacks against terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. Critics in the U.S. and abroad have charged that drone strikes cause widespread civilian deaths and are conducted with inadequate oversight. Still, defense analysts say drones are the future of warfare. |
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I worked on this baby for a year. Took wayyyyy to long to get to this point.
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That's already happened with the Sentinel that "landed" in Iran.
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You work at Pax?
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Question, Have they tested landing on an Aircraft Carrier as of yet? Launching I think would be easy, it is the landing part that is a lot more difficult, even for Human pilots.
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Hard to duplicate the rolling and pitching of a carrier deck, but with the current technology I doubt it is too big of an issue.
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Why bother? Have the computer run everything with the "pilots" standing by until its time to release the warbird.
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