First X-47B Catapult Launch From An Aircraft Carrier

5/14/2013 Strategy Page

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 14, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is the first aircraft carrier to successfully catapult launch an unmanned aircraft from its flight deck. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis