DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Northrop Grumman-Built U.S. Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Aircraft Completes Historic First Flight....NSI News Source # 1545

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Northrop Grumman-Built U.S. Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Aircraft Completes Historic First Flight....NSI News Source Info # 1545

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Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Northrop Grumman - February 4, 2011

(NSI News Source Info) EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., - February 6, 2011: Today (February 4), the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC)-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 (AFB), Calif.

Conducted by a U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman test team, the flight took off at 2:09 p.m. PST and lasted 29 minutes. This event marks a critical step in the program, moving the team forward to meet the demonstration objectives of a tailless fighter-sized unmanned aircraft to safely take off from and land on the deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

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