X-47A Pegasus

X-47A Pegasus UAV Rolled Out
Dallas - July 30, 2001

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems Sector (ISS), headquartered here, announced today that it has completed production of the X-47A Pegasus, a company-funded, unmanned air vehicle that will be used to demonstrate aerodynamic qualities suitable for autonomous operation from an aircraft carrier.



Northrop Grumman Corporation�s X-47A Pegasus, a company-funded demonstrator unmanned air vehicle, rolled out today in Mojave, Calif., at a ceremony for employees. The experimental aircraft will be used to demonstrate aerodynamic qualities of an unmanned air vehicle suitable for autonomous operation from an aircraft carrier as part of risk-reduction work for a Naval Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle being conducted by Northrop Grumman�s Integrated Systems Sector (ISS). First flight of Pegasus is expected by the end of this year

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and quick work Grumman -it's only been about 18 months since they began.
There's a bit more here, plane-fans:
globalsecurity.org...

And new enthusiasts -this is a good site for quick reference -Yankee planes anyway: go the aircraft part of the URL and you get a click on just about every designation the US has handed out

Thanks Estragon

I like the look of this one. !

www.popsci.com...

Ok, I see. That's a game, and the rule is " who'll have the most bigger picture ".

BTW, good pic Quaneeri.

LOL.

Thats it .