The Shape Of Things To Come For The US Navy

Description: An artist's conception of the X-47B long-range unmanned aerial vehicle on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. 100215-N-0000X-001 WASHINGTON (Feb. 15, 2010) An artist's conception of the X-47B long-range unmanned aerial vehicle on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration program will demonstrate the capability of an autonomous, low-observable unmanned aircraft to perform carrier launches and recoveries. (Photo illustration courtesy Northrop Grumman/Released)

X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Taking Shape On Board Lincoln -- Navy.mil

USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, At Sea (NNS) -- Personnel from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System (N-UCAS) program team and industry partner Northrop Grumman Corporation are underway with USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to test the integration of existing ship systems with new systems that will support the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D).

This effort will reduce program risk and is one of many steps toward the X-47B's first carrier arrested landing or "trap."

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My Comment: I could only imagine what the Top Guns are saying right now.