No More Blogging For The Next Seven Days ...

... I'm just going to watch these videos over and over and over ... for seven days ...

The first one is the best and the only one that really needs watching. The other two are "raw" footage of same.

X-47B UCAS Aviation History Under Way





Just kidding. Blogging will continue. But it was tempting to shut down and just watch these videos. A huge "thank you" to Don for interrupting my otherwise productive morning.

From wiki:

The Northrop Grumman X-47B is a demonstration unmanned combat air vehicle designed for carrier-based operations. Developed by the American defense technology company Northrop Grumman, the X-47 project began as part of DARPA's J-UCAS program, and is now part of the United States Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration  program. The X-47B first flew in 2011, and as of 2013, it is undergoing flight testing, having successfully performed a series of land- and carrier-based demonstrations. Northrop Grumman intends to develop the prototype X-47B into a battlefield-ready aircraft, the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike system, which will enter service by 2019.