but we don't have a "defense" spending issue...See link.
This week, "Salty Dog 502"-one of the Navy's two X-47B carrier-based unmanned aircraft- did something no other drone has ever done: it lined itself up behind a human-flown tanker plane and pulled up for a fill-up. While the technology used for the refueling had been previously tested and demonstrated on a manned Lear jet acting as an "unmanned aircraft surrogate testbed," this was the first time that a drone had completely autonomously flown in behind a tanker plane and completed an actual refueling.
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This week, "Salty Dog 502"-one of the Navy's two X-47B carrier-based unmanned aircraft- did something no other drone has ever done: it lined itself up behind a human-flown tanker plane and pulled up for a fill-up. While the technology used for the refueling had been previously tested and demonstrated on a manned Lear jet acting as an "unmanned aircraft surrogate testbed," this was the first time that a drone had completely autonomously flown in behind a tanker plane and completed an actual refueling.
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