Navy Conducts Successful Test of Aerial Refueling with X-47B, UCAS-D Program Ending
The Navy successfully tested autonomous aerial refueling for the first time with its Northrop Grumman X-47B test unmanned aerial vehicle…
NAVAIR: Aerial Refueling Will End X-47B Test Program, Salty Dogs Bound for Museums or Boneyard
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — There are no plans to extend the testing for its Unmanned Carrier Air Vehicle demonstrator (UCAS-D)…
NAVAIR: Aerial Refueling Test of X-47B Could Occur By End of the Month
A test to prove an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can be refueled in flight could happen by the end…
Document: McCain Letter to SECDEF Carter on UCLASS
The following is a March 24, 2015 letter from Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) chair Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to…
Navy Restarts X-47B Carrier Testing
The U.S. Navy has a begun a second set of sea-trials for its Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator…
Document: SECNAV’s Response to Congress on UCLASS
The following is a Oct. 17, 2013 letter from Secretary Ray Mabus to Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) in response to…
NAVAIR’s Unmanned Shakeup
The U.S. Navy is realigning its carrier-based unmanned aircraft programs under one office at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), USNI…
X-47B Might Fly into 2015, Next Carrier Tests Could Start in November
The Navy is making plans that could extend the testing of Northrop Grumman’s X-47B into 2015 with possible new carrier…
Report: Some in Industry Concerned with Shift in UCLASS Requirements
Some potential builders of the Navy’s planned Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) are worried a shift in focus to…
NAVAIR: X-47B to Fly Again
Naval Air Systems Command plans to keep flying the Northrop Grumman’s X-47B into 2014 as part of the Unmanned Combat…