US Navy drone makes history: first drone aerial refueling
The US Navy conducted its 1st ever aerial refueling of it’s Northrop Grumman X-47B carrier based drone demonstrator aircraft Wednesday at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md.
The X-47B was refueled by an Omega Air Refueling Tanker, US Navy and Northrop Grumman officials said. The carrier based drone made aviation history when it flew from a carrier in May and November of 2013 and is now working on streamlining carrier deck operations and maneuvers with manned aircraft. The Navy launched and landed the X-47B in repeatedly with an F/A-18 fighter jet as part of a series of joint manned and unmanned flight tests aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt a service officials said.
X-47B Completes First Autonomous Aerial Refueling. (Video above)
