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X-47B Accomplishes First Ever Carrier Touch and Go aboard CVN 77
United States Navy ^
| 17 May 2013
| Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandon Vinson
Posted on 05/18/2013 3:59:55 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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130517-N-FU443-090 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 17, 2013) An X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator prepares to execute a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). This is the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed a touch and go landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Walter/Released)
130517-N-MW819-046 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 17, 2013) An X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator prepares to execute a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). This is the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed a touch and go landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian Stephens/Released)
130517-N-FU443-065 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 17, 2013) An X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). This is the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed a touch and go landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Walter/Released)
130517-N-YZ751-017 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 17, 2013) An X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). This is the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed a touch and go landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis/Released)
130517-O-ZZ999-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 17, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), marking the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed a touch and go landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Alan Radecki courtesy Northrop Grumman/Released)
130517-N-TB177-187 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 17, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), marking the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed a touch and go landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kevin J. Steinberg/Released)
To: A.A. Cunningham
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posted on
05/18/2013 4:06:04 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot. 969 yall.)
To: A.A. Cunningham
This is what computers are meant for.
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posted on
05/18/2013 4:22:05 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
To: A.A. Cunningham
Looks wicked.. and, I believe, a game changer.
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posted on
05/18/2013 4:25:03 AM PDT
by
tje
To: tje
Not that impressed.
Ok you bucket-of-bolts - do a landing at night in stormy weather with the ship pitching about in the sea.
Then I will be impressed
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posted on
05/18/2013 4:32:05 AM PDT
by
TheShaz
To: A.A. Cunningham
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posted on
05/18/2013 4:32:24 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Dismantle the IRS and the income tax. Impeach Obama and all his minions. Problem solved.)
To: A.A. Cunningham; wita
Awesome technology!
And I believe in-flight refueling has already been demonstrated
but maybe with a different platform. VSTOL cannot be far behind.
Plus, theres been tremendous progress with unmanned naval helicopters with prototype successful drug interdiction demonstrated in the Caribbean. Half a century later, DASH is very close to finally being viable. Naval Aviation is one the edge of a quantum leap in effectiveness across the Fleet!
Add to this the imminent fielding of shipboard rail-guns and beam weapons while shifting to all electric operations on stealthy, evolved hull design, rapidly reconfigurable, high-speed warships and the US Navy will be beyond anyones capability to match for at least a generation. Huge changes in crewing and training are in development to support this. Joint operations and logistics is now damn near seamless with Combined operations integration not far behind.
Our remaining biggest problem is shifting the Fleet over to these new capabilities while retaining numbers. Politicians will always try to whittle us down to a fleet which cannot afford to take losses. With huge construction and training lead-times required for this type of Navy, we will have to fight the coming war with what we have. And the first battle is with politicians who are spendthrift with everything except defense.
Finally, we must guard against this being just another R&D effort for the Democrats to give to the Chinese.
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posted on
05/18/2013 4:46:33 AM PDT
by
DakotaGator
(Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
To: DakotaGator
To: A.A. Cunningham
With an unmanned aircraft who / what is “calling the ball”?
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:03:06 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
To: tje
Yeppers. Iran will do what it can five finger discount this baby when it’s flying over or near their airspace. Just spoof the GPS signal and it’s all theirs.
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:03:44 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(IÂ’m not a Republican, IÂ’m a conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
To: A.A. Cunningham
“Maverick” ain’t gonna like this.
(Go Navy!)
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:14:18 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Flick Lives; All
“Robot has the ball...” [snicker]
Now, the real test(ing) will be at night, and in inclement weather...
They accomplish this, then I’ll be sold on this technology...
Also...Does this aircraft accomplish taxiing ops on a crowded flight deck??? of id it going to need help from “special” handlers to move it to its spot???
I would think you could marry (hardline) a remote connection to someone walking bedside the aircraft and move it more efficiently that way than rely upon data links or the remote control (wherever that is) for safety considerations...
Just my initial knee-jerk reaction...
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:16:42 AM PDT
by
stevie_d_64
(It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
To: Jeff Head
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:18:03 AM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: A.A. Cunningham
They had better make for sure that Iran can’t control them.
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:19:31 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: DakotaGator
Trust our blue water types to figure out how to eliminate pilots. Now it’s a gamer’s game.
On the more serious side, Maybe the need for night bad weather landings on a deck going up and down over fifty feet and trying to catch a wire, will be a thing of the past.
It finally appears as if the Navy has the ability to remain number one with a fleet of less than 300 ships, which a whole lot smaller than in the past.
Now if we could just make the ships radio controlled...
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:21:06 AM PDT
by
wita
To: Flick Lives
“call the link”
“digits in link”
all via “ones and zeros”
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:25:21 AM PDT
by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet (Uranus)
To: A.A. Cunningham
This subsonic aircraft is a fighter the way the F-117 was a fighter, which is to say it’s a bomb truck.
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:27:15 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: A.A. Cunningham
That`s a byte of a rattlesnake.
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:30:35 AM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
To: A.A. Cunningham
Just a question.... What and or who is the handler signaling in that last picture ?
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posted on
05/18/2013 5:35:07 AM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
“Just a question.... What and or who is the handler signaling in that last picture ?”
Not sure, but I for one would not stand that close to a landing pilot-less vehicle.
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