X-47B UCAS wireless ground handling demo

US Navy video of the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator being maneuvered on the ground at NAS Patuxent River, Md, using a wireless hand controller attached to the operator’s wrist. This land-based test simulates moving the unmanned aircraft on a carrier deck. The controller has a hand tiller and other controls to wirelessly control the vehicle’s engine thrust, mainwheel braking and nosewheel steering, and to exercise the flight-control surfaces and raise and lower the tailhook. T