X-47B Makes First Arrested Landing at Sea (Updated 5:10 p.m, EDT) Story Number: NNS130710-06 Release Date: 7/10/2013
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandon Vinson, USS George H.W. Bush Public Affairs
" USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH, At Sea (NNS) -- The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia July 10....
...During today's testing, the X-47B completed the 35-minute transit from Pax River to the carrier and caught the 3 wire with the aircraft's tailhook. The arrested landing effectively brought the aircraft from approximately 145 knots to stop in less than 350 feet.
Shortly after the initial landing, the aircraft was launched off the ship using the carrier's catapult. The X-47B then proceeded to execute one more arrested landing....
X-47B Makes First Arrested Landing at Sea (Updated 5:10 p.m, EDT)
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