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Navy's new stealth jet called the X-47B.

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July 10, 2013 the Navy successfully conducted take-offs and landings from a fairly new nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, with a new stealth jet called the X-47B.



What is so different about this plane is the fact that it is a 'drone'. Yes, it is completely unmanned. Drones come in all sizes, and theX-47Bis likely one of the larger ones.



What is so ironic about all of this is, the fact that the enemy cannot detect a plane like this in the first place. In the unlikely event they get lucky at shooting one down, there will be no human loss of life or captivity. As you view the flight deck crew signaling the plane, they are simply signaling the on-board cameras, who in turn are being manned by staff inside the command intelligence center ( CIC )onboard the ship.



Also check out the short distance this plane needs for a takeoff. Impressive indeed.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/WC8U5_4lo2c?feature=player_embedded
 
And that's what they allowed you to see...No conspiracy theory or stuff like that, but consider what you see is a tip of what else is available.

The X-47C is bigger and badder still.

PK
 
Do they make one that's deployable from a Spyder trunk? Be great for taking out smacktards driving while on their phones 'n such! :thumbup:
 
Interesting. Dogfights taking place by remote control from 1000's of miles away. Sounds a lot like the Sci Fi movies show.

Scarry to think of what the next 20 years will bring.
 
This is reall cool....but not being a navy guy, I gotta ask, with all respect--even if this may sound stupid:
The Navy comes up with some nice names for its ships. So why does it have such dumb names for its airplanes? Instead of calling something the XE-34F. Or whatever, why not call it the Speed Snake, or the Biting Fly, or something cool?

I mean they have some really good weaponry, but some really lousy names for it.
 
I'm no Expert, but.....

I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night!!!!!

No, but really, "X" denotes that this Aircraft is still in the experimental stage. Maybe they will come up with a cool name later.

Having spent 24 years in the Navy, and working on the Flight Deck of 3 Carriers, this brought back some real good memories!!! Thanks for the walk down Memory Lane.
 
Badass Hornet


The Giant Japanese Hornet is 2 inches long. That's right. It also has a wingspan of over 3 inches too. That's Badass. There is a YouTube video on them wiping out an entire honey bee hive. This is some real scary stuff, and an even scarier fact is that Giant Japanese Hornets are responsible for more deaths than all other venomous and non venomous animals combined in Japan each year.



Also, the distance the Killer bees and honey bees chase you is somewhat limited. But the Giant Japanese Hornet will chase you for over three miles. For a 2" bug, that's badass.

So, I vote for badass hornet.
 
Like ValCruz said, once the X designator is dropped they will name it. The other drones got their names when they became operational. By the way, the Hornet name is already taken as in F/A18 Hornet. Given that it's extremely difficult to detect and it would scare the :cus: out of you, "Ghost" would be a good moniker.
 
It likely has a name already associated with the "project".

As mentioned, it will get a cool name when the x is dropped.

PK
 
It's awesome but too sleek to have a really cool name so it will be futuristic and it'll just get shortened up to something even cooler - Like "Hog"(A-10 Warthog) or "Thud" (F-105 Thunderchief) or "Vark" (F-111 Aardvark). Some were changed completely like F-4 Phantom into "smoker". Don't know of a shortened name for A-6 "Intruder". My favorite jets, but really showing my age.... Any other folks chime in!
 
Dan_Ashley said:
This is reall cool....but not being a navy guy, I gotta ask, with all respect--even if this may sound stupid:
The Navy comes up with some nice names for its ships. So why does it have such dumb names for its airplanes? Instead of calling something the XE-34F. Or whatever, why not call it the Speed Snake, or the Biting Fly, or something cool?

I mean they have some really good weaponry, but some really lousy names for it.
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X means experimental, when it's accepted by the navy and put in service, that's the time they will designate a nice name.

It's may sound crazy but watching this new unmanned aircraft on top of a carrier bring back so much memories.
 
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