The Navy successfully launched the Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator, Northrop Grumman's X-47B, from Edwards Air Force Base, CA, on Feb. 4, and the program's next move will be to launch F-18s with X-47B software from a carrier as surrogates later this spring, program officials said today. The program aims to demonstrate unmanned aircraft launch and recovery from an aircraft carrier as a precursor to the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Aerial Surveillance System tentatively scheduled for fielding in 2018. According to program...
