Sea trials are planned to begin in 2011 on the East Coast aboard the carriers Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower for the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle. Northrop Grumman illustrationMILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
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