It's a momentous occasion for the autonomous drone, sure, but remote-controlled airplanes have been making naval history for 86 years. The U.S. Navy's autonomous X-47B drone took off from an aircraft carrier today. This is a big deal in the military world--an airplane that takes off from and lands on an aircraft carrier has the highly valuable ability to fight both at sea and over land. But this isn't the first time as unmanned aircraft has taken off from a naval ship. Pictured above, the RAE La...
It's a momentous occasion for the autonomous drone, sure, but remote-controlled airplanes have been making naval history for 86 years. The U.S. Navy's autonomous X-47B drone took off from an aircraft carrier today. This is a big deal in the military world--an airplane that takes off from and lands on an aircraft carrier has the highly valuable ability to fight both at sea and over land. But this isn't the first time as unmanned aircraft has taken off from a naval ship. Pictured above, the RAE La...
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