Look Ma, no hands! Well, at least no pilot on board. This is the Navy's new X-47B UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) making it's first catapult launch. In the next few years this aircraft will probably be joining the fleet as an attack aircraft. It is very stealthy, has good range, and as you can see from the size, is able to carry a lot of ordinance. The pilots will be comfortably seated in a building in Nevada with much of the mission on an auto-profile which the pilot can override at any time. Bad guys will not have a good day when these things arrive on the scene looking for trouble.
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