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Unmanned X-47B prepares to be first catapult launch from a U.S. aircraft carrier



Unmanned X-47B prepares to be first catapult launch from a U.S. aircraft carrier

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator is towed into the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) on Monday, May 13, 2013. USS George H.W. Bush is scheduled to be the first aircraft carrier to catapult-launch an unmanned aircraft from its flight deck. UPI/ Timothy Walter/U.S. Navy

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