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Sep 12, 2013

US Navy begins unmanned refuelling trials

The US Navy has begun its first unmanned air-to-air refuelling trials, only weeks after the first unmanned aircraft carrier landings.
For the refuelling trials, software from the Northrop Grumman X-47B was uploaded to a manned surrogate aircraft, a contractor-flown Learjet 25B, refueling from a Boeing 707. Though a pilot was on board the Learjet, the aircraft flew autonomously.
Surrogates are often used as stand-ins for unmanned aircraft, especially on the X-47B programme, which has used both the Learjet and a surrogate Boeing F/A-18.
Testing began on 28 August, flying out of Niagara Falls, New York.
flightglobal

2 comments:

  1. Amigos, se ha oficializado la compra de Mirage F-1 por parte de Argentina a España.
    Acaba de publicarse el Presupuesto Nacional para 2014 y en el folio 115 se menciona la incorporación de los aviones para la FAA:

    http://www.ambito.com/diario/aw_documentos/archivospdf/2013/id_doc_5955.pdf

    Aqui aun no sabemos cual fue el precio y la cantidad de aviones, repuestos, motores, etc, pero ya es oficial.

    Un saludo

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    1. Muchas gracias amigo, por darnos esa primicia. Escuchen, no es lo que se merecen, pero yo creo que hacen una buena compra.
      Muchas gracias, un abrazo

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