Re: X-47B aerial refueling tests
Here's a page with seven X-47B videos from first flight to carrier landings and takeoffs. Lots of specs and additional info too.
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http://breakingdefense.com/2015/04/robot-to-get-tanked-x-47b-drone-set-for-refueling-test-tomorrow/ &...
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...aren't we just buying the X-47B for UCLASS? Seems to work perfectly well; carries an internal load equal to F-35; thousand mile combat radius. Seems to recommend itself.
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Fueled in flight: X-47B first to complete autonomous aerial refuelling 22 Apr 2015 PEO(U&W) Public Affairs"NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The X-47B successfully conducted the...
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Random thought, 'Omega Tanker' has to be the most ominous name for an aircraft ever...
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NAVAIR Clips: X-47B completes first autonomous aerial refuelling Published on Apr 23, 2015 NAVAIRSYSCOM"The X-47B receives fuel from an Omega K-707 tanker April 22 while operating over the Chesapeake...
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jua wrote:...aren't we just buying the X-47B for UCLASS? Seems to work perfectly well; carries an internal load equal to F-35; thousand mile combat radius. Seems to recommend itself.I wonder whether...
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Room for 2 mk84 JDAMs was my understanding. Perhaps not the bus to talk to weapons; I don't recall it being tested for drops.
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Steve Crandell wrote:jua wrote:...aren't we just buying the X-47B for UCLASS? Seems to work perfectly well; carries an internal load equal to F-35; thousand mile combat radius. Seems to recommend...
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Besides - the USN wants to start with a long-duration "loitering" recon platform with only a light weapons capability - and Congress is trying to get them to jump straight to an unmanned...
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From the last 'mhansen2' URL to USNI this quote comes at the end of the article:"...Last month the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) included a $725 billion provision in their version of the...
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bager1968 wrote:Besides - the USN wants to start with a long-duration "loitering" recon platform with only a light weapons capability - and Congress is trying to get them to jump straight to an...
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