Northrop Grumman's X-47B J-UCAS Team Simulates Control of Four Unmanned Surveillance Attack Aircraft within Aircraft Carrier Airspace
Published: Fri Dec 9th, 2005Source: www.primezone.com
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 9, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed a simulated exercise that demonstrated the simultaneous control of four X-47B unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations. The exercise, conducted Sept. 28 at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, Calif., is part of Northrop Grumman's work on the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) concepts demonstration program.
"This is a major milestone for the Northrop Grumman X-47B team," said Scott Winship, Northrop Grumman's X-47B program director. "We demonstrated the integration of multiple X-47Bs into carrier airspace using existing Navy flight and control procedures, which significantly increases the confidence of successfully introducing UAVs into normal carrier operations."
Using a surrogate aircraft which represented one X-47B, three additional simulated X-47B aircraft were successfully controlled during several flights using advanced mission-management software and air traffic control procedures currently used by Navy aircraft carriers.
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