X47B First Touch And Go Landing on USS George HW Bush

The Navy’s unmanned and autonomous X-47B continues to hit new milestones. Less than a week after completing its first catapult launch from a carrier deck last Tuesday the Unmanned Combat Aerials System (UCAS) executed its first touch and go landings--that’s when an aircraft touches down like it’s landing but then accelerates and takes off again--aboard the USS George H.W. Bush on Friday May 17th 2013, bringing this technology demonstrator ever closer to being fully carrier-capable.