Developed by the American defense technology company Northrop Grumman, the X-47 project began as part of DARPA's J-UCAS program, and subsequently became part of the United States Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) program.

The United States Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) program consists of Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus; Northrop Grumman X-47B; The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator launches from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) May 14, 2013.

Feb 19, 2021 · The X-47B is an unmanned combat air system carrier (UCAS) offered by Northrop Grumman for the US Navy (USN). The strike fighter size unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first-ever autonomous aerial refuelling demonstration with an Omega Air KC-707 tanker in April 2015.

The Northrop Grumman X-47 is a demonstration unmanned combat aerial vehicle. The X-47 began as part of DARPA 's J-UCAS program, and is now part of the United States Navy 's UCAS-D program to create a carrier-based unmanned aircraft. Unlike the Boeing X-45, initial Pegasus development was company-funded. [1] .

X-47B UCAS Demonstration • Tailless, autonomous unmanned system under development by the U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman • Will be used to demonstrate first carrier-based launches, recoveries of an autonomous, LO-relevant aircraft • Will be …

Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. -- An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration completed its first flight here today, an essential step in the Navy’s ground-breaking effort to...

The X-47B is a tailless, strike fighter-sized unmanned aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman as part of the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) Carrier Demonstration program.

The autonomous X-47B is the air vehicle for the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program. It will be used in 2013 to demonstrate the first carrier landings and launches by a tailless, low-observable-relevant unmanned system.

On 10 July 2013, the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of...

U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program is designed to demonstrate the ability of a tailless, fighter-sized unmanned aircraft to land on and be launched from the flight deck of a Navy aircraft carrier underway at sea, one of the most challenging aviation environments.