The X-47B Autonomous Warplane Lands On Aircraft Carrier
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[quote]Yesterday, a robot made history. The X-47B, an experimental drone that flies itself, landed on the aircraft carrier U.S.S George H.W. Bush. Why is that a big deal? Because landing on an aircraft carrier is hard. Both the jet and the ship move fast, and a ship is a tiny spot for pilots to aim for compared with the vast expanse of the ocean. Earlier this summer, the X-47B demonstrated that it could perform a touch and go landing (when the plane touches down, then keeps going). In the latest demo, the batwing plane used a hook to catch a cable on the carrier, so forward momentum wouldn't send it back into the sea, then it stayed put. The demo foreshadows a future of autonomous combat aircraft launched from aircraft carriers.
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[url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-07/autonomous-drone-lands-aircraft-carrier[/url]
Now let's see it do pitching deck.
Sweet, from a guy who wants to be a Naval Aviator I'd say this thing's promising.
Maybe someday I'll fly a jet next to this autonomous thing.
Supreme commander begins
1000 years into the future all human life will no longer be flesh and bone.
I wonder how james rolfe feels now that a computer is better than him
Almost shat my pants, got it mixed up with the x-37b.
Looks like the future is gonna be black.
So that Stealth movie was actually kind of right?
I like the bit where it's going to be scrapped soon
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