Footage of X-47B UCAS Navy Drone

[WildBill]

The video is from July 2013. I just saw it today.
The Navy successfully conducted take-offs and landings from the nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush,
with a new stealth jet called the X-47B. What is so different about this plane is the fact that it is a 'drone.'

It is completely unmanned. Drones come in all sizes and the X-47B is likely one of the larger ones.
As you view the flight deck crew signaling the plane, they are simply signaling the on-board cameras,
who in turn are being manned by staff inside the Combat Information Center (CIC) on board the ship.

Amazing stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/WC8U5_4lo ... r_embedded

[loktite]

Awesome! Thanks for link! I always get pumped up watching aviation tech vids like that .

[C-dub]

Launches and recoveries or cats and traps.

Really cool, thanks for the link.

[joe817]

Very cool video! Thanks for sharing WildBill! A mini B-2 stealth bomber?

I wish they would have dubbed in the theme song for Top Gun though.

[WildBill]

Very cool video! Thanks for sharing WildBill! A mini B-2 stealth bomber?

I wish they would have dubbed in the theme song for Top Gun though.

They're saving it for Top Gun 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YZEvuVPoI

[joe817]

Very cool video! Thanks for sharing WildBill! A mini B-2 stealth bomber?

I wish they would have dubbed in the theme song for Top Gun though.

They're saving it for Top Gun 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YZEvuVPoI

GOT TO SEE IT!! First I've heard of it. Thanks!

[WildBill]

Very cool video! Thanks for sharing WildBill! A mini B-2 stealth bomber?

I wish they would have dubbed in the theme song for Top Gun though.

They're saving it for Top Gun 2

GOT TO SEE IT!! First I've heard of it. Thanks!

It doesn't have a release date yet.

[FCH]

Impressive - thanks for the post

[anygunanywhere]

CIC= Combat Information Center. At least that is what it meant when I was in the Navy.

[C-dub]

Very cool video! Thanks for sharing WildBill! A mini B-2 stealth bomber?

I wish they would have dubbed in the theme song for Top Gun though.

They're saving it for Top Gun 2

Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't look like a Naval Officer's uniform he's wearing in that clip. It looks like a Marine uniform.

[WildBill]

Very cool video! Thanks for sharing WildBill! A mini B-2 stealth bomber?

I wish they would have dubbed in the theme song for Top Gun though.

They're saving it for Top Gun 2

Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't look like a Naval Officer's uniform he's wearing in that clip. It looks like a Marine uniform.

They're trying to keep the budget down so they used Colonel Jessup's old uniform.

[C-dub]

Very cool video! Thanks for sharing WildBill! A mini B-2 stealth bomber?

I wish they would have dubbed in the theme song for Top Gun though.

They're saving it for Top Gun 2

Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't look like a Naval Officer's uniform he's wearing in that clip. It looks like a Marine uniform.

They're trying to keep the budget down so they used Colonel Jessup's old uniform.

[mcneyens]

That is so bad ass!

[WildBill]

CIC= Combat Information Center. At least that is what it meant when I was in the Navy.

It still does! I did a cut and paste from the person who forwarded the video.
I checked on the designation of the aircraft and some other details, but not on the CIC.

[anygunanywhere]

CIC= Combat Information Center. At least that is what it meant when I was in the Navy.

It still does! I did a cut and paste from the person who forwarded the video.
I checked on the designation of the aircraft and some other details, but not on the CIC.

I learned that during my skimmer sonar technician training before I converted to submarine sonar tech. Submarines do not have a CIC. We had an Attack Center.