Time magazine has posted exclusive video showing the U.S. Navy’s next-generation X-47B unmanned stealth drone launching from and landing on an aircraft carrier for the first time. “For the ...

The Bi-X 47B drone showcases advanced technology, promising to enhance military capabilities in modern warfare.

The X-47B will largely fly itself, drawing on a number of preprogrammed operations, and the after-action reports on test flights depend on data points, not debriefings.

Don't try this with your backyard drone. The X-47B has made its first arrested landing on an aircraft carrier, and the world of unmanned aircraft may never be the same.

The operation moved to the aircraft carrier earlier this year, and in May, the X-47B made its first catapult takeoff from the deck and made nine touch-and-go landings.

On our Ares defense blog, Associate Managing Editor Jefferson Morris posted a Northrop Grumman video of its X-47B in action, noting that it is well worth a look. Readers concur: ...

X-47B has completed first contact with an aerial refueling hose. On Apr. 16, “Salty Dog 502”, one of the two Unmanned Carrier Air Vehicle demonstrator (UCAS-D) aircraft of the X-47B program ...

It also conducted deck-handling and ship-integration testing to demonstrate the capability to safely operate the X-47B on an aircraft carrier flight deck.

The Navy’s X-47B drone completed its newest round of tests off the Virginia shore last week, making it the first pilotless unmanned jet in history to land aboard a moving aircraft carrier ...

The US Navy's X-47B unmanned aircraft has gone out on a high note by conducting the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) exercise off the coast of Maryland and Virginia. It successfully ...

The X-47B program has been a great success. Is it really time for the boneyard?

Naval Air Systems Command plans to keep flying the Northrop Grumman’s X-47B into 2014 as part of the Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration (UCAS-D) program, USNI News has learned. The two ...