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April 23, 2015

For the First Time Ever: US Navy Drone Refueled Mid-Flight
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2015
The X-47B test UAV has completed the first-ever autonomous aerial refueling. Developed by Northrop Grumman, the drone received over 4,000 pounds of fuel from a tanker jet just off the coast of Virginia. "What we accomplished today demonstrates a significant, groundbreaking step forward for the Navy," Captain Beau Duarte, program manager for the Navy's unmanned carrier aviation program, said in a statement. "The ability to autonomously transfer and receive fuel in flight will increase the ran ... read more

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