The X-47B will be a transformational, carrier-capable, multi-mission, unmanned combat air vehicle. Strike fighter-sized, it is a survivable, long range, high endurance and persistent platform capable of a variety of missions including Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and Time Sensitive Targeting/Strike.
It looks like more like a ray than an aircraft, Arthur, but it's a spectacular advance. I suppose the intrepid aviator is sitting at a computer screen in Tampa, or perhaps reduced to delivering mail to the fleet in an old 2-engine prop. Save your World War II stories.
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