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#a2a9b1;line-height:23px;background-color:#eee}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-label{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-label{width:30%;padding-right:3px}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-data{width:50%}}</style><table class="infobox ib-aircraft vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">X-47B UCAS-D</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:X-47B_operating_in_the_Atlantic_Test_Range_(modified).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/X-47B_operating_in_the_Atlantic_Test_Range_%28modified%29.jpg/300px-X-47B_operating_in_the_Atlantic_Test_Range_%28modified%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/X-47B_operating_in_the_Atlantic_Test_Range_%28modified%29.jpg/450px-X-47B_operating_in_the_Atlantic_Test_Range_%28modified%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/X-47B_operating_in_the_Atlantic_Test_Range_%28modified%29.jpg/600px-X-47B_operating_in_the_Atlantic_Test_Range_%28modified%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2757" data-file-height="1798" /></a></span> <div class="ib-aircraft-caption">An X-47B demonstrator over the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Test_Range" title="Atlantic Test Range">Atlantic Test Range</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle">Unmanned combat aerial vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technology_demonstrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Technology demonstrator">Technology demonstrator</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary user</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">4 February 2011</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Northrop Grumman X-47B</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Technology_demonstration" title="Technology demonstration">demonstration</a> <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned combat aerial vehicle">unmanned combat aerial vehicle</a> (UCAV) designed for <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a>-based operations. Developed by the American defense technology company <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a>, the X-47 project began as part of <a href="/wiki/Defense_Advanced_Research_Project_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Advanced Research Project Agency">DARPA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Joint_Unmanned_Combat_Air_Systems" title="Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems">J-UCAS</a> program, and subsequently became part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_Demonstrator_program" title="Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator program">Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration</a> (UCAS-D) program. The X-47B is a tailless <a href="/wiki/Jet_engine" title="Jet engine">jet</a>-powered <a href="/wiki/Blended_wing_body" title="Blended wing body">blended-wing-body</a> aircraft capable of semi-autonomous operation and <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">aerial refueling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EatFuel_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EatFuel-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The X-47B first flew in 2011, and as of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, its two active demonstrators have undergone extensive flight and operational integration testing, having successfully performed a series of land- and carrier-based demonstrations.<sup id="cite_ref-carrier_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carrier-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC11July2013_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC11July2013-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2014, the US Navy announced that it had integrated the X-47B into carrier operations alongside manned aircraft,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by May 2015 the primary test program was declared complete.<sup id="cite_ref-TestsDone_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TestsDone-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2023Perhaps_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023Perhaps-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The X-47B demonstrators themselves were intended to become museum exhibits after completing flight testing, but the Navy later decided to maintain them in flying condition pending further development.<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lifeline2015_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lifeline2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm/220px--X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="90" data-mwtitle="X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm/X-47B_First_to_Complete_Autonomous_Aerial_Refueling.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Video of aerial refueling of an X-47B in April 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>The US Navy did not commit to practical UCAS efforts until 2000, when it awarded contracts of US$2 million each to <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> and Northrop Grumman for a 15-month concept-exploration program.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Design considerations for a naval UCAV included dealing with the corrosive <a href="/wiki/Seawater" title="Seawater">saltwater</a> environment, deck handling for launch and recovery, command and control system integration, and operation in an aircraft carrier's high-<a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic" class="mw-redirect" title="Electromagnetic">electromagnetic</a>-interference environment. The Navy was interested in using UCAVs for reconnaissance, to penetrate protected airspace and identify targets for follow-on attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northrop Grumman's proof-of-concept <a href="/wiki/X-47A_Pegasus" class="mw-redirect" title="X-47A Pegasus">X-47A Pegasus</a>, which provided the basis for the X-47B, first flew in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The J-UCAS program was terminated in February 2006 following the <a href="/wiki/Quadrennial_Defense_Review" title="Quadrennial Defense Review">Quadrennial Defense Review</a>. The US Air Force and Navy proceeded with their own UAV programs. The Navy selected Northrop Grumman's X-47B as its unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) program.<sup id="cite_ref-AW0111_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AW0111-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To provide realistic testing, the demonstrator was built to be the same size and weight as the projected operational craft, with a full-sized weapons bay capable of carrying existing missiles.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The X-47B industry team included subcontractors <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin" title="Lockheed Martin">Lockheed Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney" title="Pratt & Whitney">Pratt & Whitney</a>, <a href="/wiki/GKN" title="GKN">GKN Aerospace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eaton_Corporation" title="Eaton Corporation">Eaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>, <a href="/wiki/UTC_Aerospace_Systems" title="UTC Aerospace Systems">UTC Aerospace Systems</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dell" title="Dell">Dell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Honeywell_Aerospace_Technologies" title="Honeywell Aerospace Technologies">Honeywell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moog_Inc." title="Moog Inc.">Moog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wind_River_Systems" title="Wind River Systems">Wind River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parker_Hannifin" title="Parker Hannifin">Parker Aerospace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dover_Corporation" title="Dover Corporation">Sargent Aerospace & Defense</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rockwell_Collins" title="Rockwell Collins">Rockwell Collins</a>. The X-47B prototype rolled out from <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Plant_42" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Plant 42">Air Force Plant 42</a> in <a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California">Palmdale, California</a>, on 16 December 2008. Its first flight was planned for November 2009, but the project fell behind schedule. On 29 December 2009, Northrop Grumman oversaw towed taxi tests of the aircraft at the Palmdale facility, with it taxiing under its own power for the first time in January 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-AW0111_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AW0111-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flight_testing">Flight testing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Flight testing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:X-47B_110204-F-1162D-119.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/X-47B_110204-F-1162D-119.jpg/220px-X-47B_110204-F-1162D-119.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/X-47B_110204-F-1162D-119.jpg/330px-X-47B_110204-F-1162D-119.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/X-47B_110204-F-1162D-119.jpg/440px-X-47B_110204-F-1162D-119.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5120" data-file-height="3401" /></a><figcaption>The X-47B's first takeoff at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, on 4 February 2011</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Sailors_move_a_U.S._Navy_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_demonstrator_aircraft_onto_an_aircraft_elevator_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_(CVN_77)_May_14,_2013,_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_130514-N-FU443-025.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/U.S._Sailors_move_a_U.S._Navy_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_demonstrator_aircraft_onto_an_aircraft_elevator_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_%28CVN_77%29_May_14%2C_2013%2C_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_130514-N-FU443-025.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/U.S._Sailors_move_a_U.S._Navy_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_demonstrator_aircraft_onto_an_aircraft_elevator_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_%28CVN_77%29_May_14%2C_2013%2C_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_130514-N-FU443-025.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/U.S._Sailors_move_a_U.S._Navy_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_demonstrator_aircraft_onto_an_aircraft_elevator_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_%28CVN_77%29_May_14%2C_2013%2C_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_130514-N-FU443-025.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4681" data-file-height="2997" /></a><figcaption>An X-47B with folded wings on the aircraft elevator of <a href="/wiki/USS_George_H.W._Bush" title="USS George H.W. Bush"><i>George H.W. Bush</i></a> on 14 May 2013</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_demonstrator_launches_from_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_(CVN_77)_May_14,_2013,_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_130514-N-UZ648-182.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/An_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_demonstrator_launches_from_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_%28CVN_77%29_May_14%2C_2013%2C_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_130514-N-UZ648-182.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/An_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_demonstrator_launches_from_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_%28CVN_77%29_May_14%2C_2013%2C_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_130514-N-UZ648-182.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/An_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_demonstrator_launches_from_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_%28CVN_77%29_May_14%2C_2013%2C_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_130514-N-UZ648-182.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3657" data-file-height="2434" /></a><figcaption>An X-47B launches from <i>George H.W. Bush</i> on 14 May 2013</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_U.S._Navy_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_makes_an_arrested_landing_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_(CVN_77)_as_the_ship_conducts_flight_operations_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_off_the_coast_of_Vir_130710-N-LE576-002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/A_U.S._Navy_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_makes_an_arrested_landing_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_%28CVN_77%29_as_the_ship_conducts_flight_operations_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_off_the_coast_of_Vir_130710-N-LE576-002.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/A_U.S._Navy_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_makes_an_arrested_landing_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_%28CVN_77%29_as_the_ship_conducts_flight_operations_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_off_the_coast_of_Vir_130710-N-LE576-002.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/A_U.S._Navy_X-47B_Unmanned_Combat_Air_System_makes_an_arrested_landing_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_George_H.W._Bush_%28CVN_77%29_as_the_ship_conducts_flight_operations_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_off_the_coast_of_Vir_130710-N-LE576-002.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7360" data-file-height="4912" /></a><figcaption>An X-47B makes a successful arrested landing on <i>George H.W. Bush</i> on 10 July 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>The first flight of the X-47B demonstrator, designated Air Vehicle 1 (AV-1), took place at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base, California</a>, on 4 February 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It first flew in cruise configuration with its landing gear retracted on 30 September 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-msn20111012_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msn20111012-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second X-47B demonstrator, designated AV-2, conducted its maiden flight at Edwards Air Force Base on 22 November 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-DefenseTechNov2011_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DefenseTechNov2011-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The two X-47Bs were initially planned to have a three-year test program with 50 tests at Edwards AFB and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River" title="Naval Air Station Patuxent River">NAS Patuxent River, Maryland</a>, culminating in sea trials in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-DefenseTechNov2011_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DefenseTechNov2011-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they performed so consistently that preliminary tests ended after 16 flights.<sup id="cite_ref-dill_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dill-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Navy decided to have them demonstrate carrier launches and recoveries, as well as autonomous <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">inflight refueling</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Probe_and_drogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Probe and drogue">probe and drogue</a>. In November 2011, the Navy announced that aerial refuelling equipment and software would be added to one X-47B in 2014 for testing;<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they also affirmed that the demonstrators would never be armed.<sup id="cite_ref-dill_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dill-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Northrop Grumman tested a wearable <a href="/wiki/Remote_control_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote control system">remote control system</a>, designed to allow ground crews to steer the X-47B while on the carrier deck.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2012, AV-1 began high-intensity <a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference" title="Electromagnetic interference">electromagnetic interference</a> testing at Patuxent River, to test compatibility with planned <a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">electronic warfare</a> systems.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2012, AV-2 arrived at Patuxent River to begin a series of tests, including arrested landings and catapult launches, to validate its ability to conduct precision approaches to an aircraft carrier.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its first land-based catapult launch was conducted successfully on 29 November 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 November 2012, the X-47B began its carrier-based evaluation aboard the <a href="/wiki/USS_Harry_S._Truman" title="USS Harry S. Truman">USS <i>Harry S. Truman</i> (CVN-75)</a> at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Norfolk" title="Naval Station Norfolk">Naval Station Norfolk</a>, Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 December 2012, the X-47B completed its first at-sea test phase; it was remarked to have performed "outstandingly", having proved compatible with the <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">flight deck</a>, hangar bays, and communication systems of an aircraft carrier. With deck testing completed, the X-47B returned to NAS Patuxent River for further tests.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 May 2013, it successfully performed an arrested landing on a simulated carrier deck at Patuxent River.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The X-47B launched from the <a href="/wiki/USS_George_H.W._Bush" title="USS George H.W. Bush">USS <i>George H.W. Bush</i> (CVN-77)</a> on 14 May 2013 in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, marking the first time that a UAV was <a href="/wiki/Steam_catapult#Steam_catapult" class="mw-redirect" title="Steam catapult">catapulted</a> off an aircraft carrier.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 May 2013, another first was achieved when it performed touch-and-go landings and take-offs from <i>George H.W. Bush</i> while underway.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 July 2013, the X-47B launched from Patuxent River and landed on the deck of <i>George H.W. Bush</i>, conducting the first ever arrested landing of a UAV on a carrier at sea.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC11July2013_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC11July2013-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It subsequently completed a second successful arrested landing on <i>George H.W. Bush</i>, but a third attempt was diverted to the <a href="/wiki/Wallops_Flight_Facility" title="Wallops Flight Facility">Wallops Flight Facility</a> in Virginia due to a technical issue.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the UAV's three navigational sub-systems failed, which was identified by the other two sub-systems and indicated to the operator, who followed procedures to abort the landing. The Navy stated that the problem's detection demonstrated the X-47B's reliability and ability to operate autonomously.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 July 2013, the second X-47B, designated 501, was forced to abort another planned landing on <i>George H.W. Bush</i> due to technical issues.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SoLongFunding_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoLongFunding-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officials asserted that the program only required one successful at-sea landing, though testers were aiming for three, while two out of four were achieved.<sup id="cite_ref-SoLongFunding_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoLongFunding-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Navy continued flying the two X-47Bs through 2014, after it was criticised for prematurely retiring them.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Navy subsequently deployed the X-47Bs to carriers for three further test phases between 2013 and 2015, with the intent of demonstrating that UAVs could seamlessly work with a 70-plane carrier air wing.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 September 2013, the X-47B flew the 100th flight for the UCAS-D program. The program objectives were completed in July, which included a total of 16 precision approaches to the carrier flight deck, including five tests of wave-off functions, nine touch-and-go landings, two arrested landings, and three catapult launches.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 November 2013, testing continued on board the <a href="/wiki/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_(CVN-71)" title="USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)">USS <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i> (CVN-71)</a>. During this phase, the X-47B's digitized carrier-controlled environment was tested, such as between the UAV and carrier personnel during launching, recovering, and flight operations.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trials on <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i> in 2014 were intended to test the UAV's ability to swiftly take off, land, and hold in a pattern among manned aircraft without disrupting carrier operations. It also used a <a href="/wiki/Jet-blast_deflector" class="mw-redirect" title="Jet-blast deflector">jet-blast deflector</a> on deck for the first time, enabling takeoff without impacting operations behind it.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 April 2014, the X-47B performed its first night flight.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 August 2014, it took off and landed on <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i> alongside an <a href="/wiki/F/A-18_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18 Hornet</a>, marking the first time a UAV operated in conjunction with manned aircraft aboard an aircraft carrier. The Hornet launched from the carrier, followed by the X-47B. After a brief flight, the X-47B touched down and immediately took off again to verify system behavior. After 24 minutes, the X-47B landed on the flight deck and taxied away to give the Hornet room to land. The demonstration met all test objectives, and marked the X-47B's fifth test period at sea, having completed eight catapult launches from a carrier, 30 touch-and-goes, and seven arrested landings aboard <i>George H.W. Bush</i> and <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Testing was successfully completed on 24 August 2014, with the X-47B completing five catapult launches, four arrestments, and nine touch-and-go landings; nighttime taxi and deckhandling operations were also performed for the first time. It met its objective of performing launches and recoveries at 90-second intervals with manned Hornets.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2015, the X-47B successfully conducted the world's first fully autonomous aerial refuelling with an <a href="/wiki/Omega_Aerial_Refueling_Services" title="Omega Aerial Refueling Services">Omega Air</a> <a href="/wiki/KC-707" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-707">KC-707</a> tanker over the coast of <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EatFuel_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EatFuel-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This marked the completion of all primary demonstration tasks required of it.<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2016, the Navy decided to repurpose the X-47B from a surveillance and strike aircraft into a reconnaissance and aerial refuelling drone with "limited strike capability". The change followed a top-level review and restructuring of the now-defunct unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) project, with later budgets instead funding the <a href="/wiki/MQ-25_Stingray" class="mw-redirect" title="MQ-25 Stingray">MQ-25 Stingray</a> carrier-based aerial refuelling system (CBARS).<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Costs">Costs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Costs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The project was initially funded under a US$635.8 million contract awarded by the Navy in 2007. By January 2012, the X-47B's total program cost had grown to an estimated $813 million.<sup id="cite_ref-MoneyMoney_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoneyMoney-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Government funding for the X-47B UCAS-D program was to run out at the end of September 2013, with the close of the <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">fiscal year</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SoLongFunding_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoLongFunding-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in June 2014 the Navy provided an additional $63 million for "post-demonstration" development of the X-47B.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="End_of_program">End of program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: End of program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2015, the Navy stated that the competition for private tenders for constructing the UCLASS fleet would begin in 2016, with the aircraft expected to enter service in the early 2020s.<sup id="cite_ref-2023Perhaps_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023Perhaps-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reportedly, despite the X-47B's success in test flights, officials were concerned that it would be too costly and insufficiently stealthy for the needs of the UCLASS project.<sup id="cite_ref-2023Perhaps_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023Perhaps-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2015, it was reported that the X-47B demonstrators would become museum exhibits upon completing flight testing.<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2015, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">United States Secretary of the Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Ray_Mabus" title="Ray Mabus">Ray Mabus</a> stated that the X-47B program should continue but that Northrop-Grumman should not gain an unfair advantage in the competition for the UCLASS contract.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2015, the Navy stated that the X-47Bs would remain in flying condition rather than being converted to museum exhibits, allowing for a variety of follow-on evaluations.<sup id="cite_ref-Lifeline2015_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lifeline2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2017, the first X-47B departed NAS Patuxent River, Md. for Northrop Grumman's manufacturing plant in Palmdale, Calif.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2017, Aviation Week published photos of a modified X-47B as a testbed for Northrop Grumman's <a href="/wiki/Boeing_MQ-25_Stingray" title="Boeing MQ-25 Stingray">MQ-25</a> bid. <sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 October 2017, the company announced its withdrawal from the MQ-25 competition, saying it would be unable to operate under the terms of the service's request for proposals.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A modified Deck Handling System demonstration was planned, but efforts were suspended. One X-47B performed a required upkeep static engine run in spring 2019. The other remained stored in a hangar. The older X-47A Pegasus Air Vehicle was also kept in a covered open air hangar at Palmdale. The general public can not enter the Palmdale facility. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2014, the X-47B won the 57th Annual Laureate Award for "extraordinary achievements" in aeronautics and propulsion hosted by <i><a href="/wiki/Aviation_Week" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviation Week">Aviation Week</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 April 2014, the <a href="/wiki/National_Aeronautic_Association" title="National Aeronautic Association">National Aeronautic Association</a> selected Northrop Grumman, the United States Navy, and the X-47B's development team as the joint recipients of the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Collier_Trophy" title="Collier Trophy">Collier Trophy</a> for excellence in aeronautic technology.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Derivative_development">Derivative development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derivative development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Navy used software from the X-47B to demonstrate unmanned aerial refueling capabilities. On 28 August 2013, a Calspan-flown <a href="/wiki/Learjet_25" title="Learjet 25">Learjet 25</a> refueled from a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707</a> tanker while flying autonomously as a surrogate aircraft uploaded with the X-47B's technology.<sup id="cite_ref-707AutoRe_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-707AutoRe-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The test was to demonstrate that unmanned and optionally manned aircraft can have an automated aerial refueling capability, significantly increasing their range, persistence, and flexibility.<sup id="cite_ref-707AutoRe_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-707AutoRe-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plans to further demonstrate autonomous aerial refueling were reportedly cut in the Navy's fiscal 2014 budget,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the X-47B nonetheless conducted a successful autonomous refuelling demonstration in April 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-EatFuel_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EatFuel-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the USAF made plans for a next generation bomber following the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, Northrop Grumman proposed a variety of derivatives based on the X-47B, informally called "X-47C" by the company. One iteration was a bomber to have a <a href="/wiki/Payload" title="Payload">payload</a> of 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) of bombs, significantly exceeding that of the X-47A.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-av_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-av-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Northrop Grumman estimated that the X-47C could enter service in 2018, the NGB program was shelved in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-av_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-av-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">X-47A</a></dt></dl> <p>Original proof-of-concept prototype with a 27.8-foot (8.5 m) wingspan, first flown in 2003. </p> <dl><dt>X-47B</dt></dl> <p>Demonstrator aircraft with a 62-foot (19 m) wingspan, first flown in 2011. </p> <dl><dt>X-47C</dt></dl> <p>Proposed larger version intended for the Navy's <a href="/wiki/UCLASS" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLASS">UCLASS</a> project or as an Air Force strategic bomber. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(X-47B)"><span id="Specifications_.28X-47B.29"></span>Specifications (X-47B)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Specifications (X-47B)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Northrop_Grumman_X-47B_3-view.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B_3-view.svg/200px-Northrop_Grumman_X-47B_3-view.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B_3-view.svg/300px-Northrop_Grumman_X-47B_3-view.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B_3-view.svg/400px-Northrop_Grumman_X-47B_3-view.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="886" data-file-height="1094" /></a><figcaption>Plan diagram of the Northrop Grumman X-47B, with a human to scale</figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> <sup id="cite_ref-NAVAIR_Presentation_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAVAIR_Presentation-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-span_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-span-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> None aboard (semi-autonomous operation)</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 38 ft 2 in (11.63 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 62.1 ft (18.9 m) extended; 30.9 ft (9.4 m) folded <sup id="cite_ref-span_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-span-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Height:</b> 10 ft 5 in (3.10 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 953.6 sq ft (88.59 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 28,837 lb (13,080 kg) zero fuel weight <sup id="cite_ref-NAVAIR_Presentation_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAVAIR_Presentation-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 44,501 lb (20,185 kg) <sup id="cite_ref-NAVAIR_Presentation_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NAVAIR_Presentation-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 1 × <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_F100" title="Pratt & Whitney F100">Pratt & Whitney F100-220U</a> turbofan</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Range:</b> 2,400 mi (3,900 km, 2,100 nmi)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 42,000 ft (12,800 m)</li> <li><b>Cruise speed:</b> Mach 0.9+ / 690 mph (high subsonic)<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Armament</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li>2 weapon bays, providing for up to 4,500 lb (2,000 kg) of ordnance<sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Avionics</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li>Provisions for EO/IR/SAR/ISAR/GMTI/MMTI/ESM<sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_65-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northrop_Grumman_X-47B&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p> <b>Related development</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus</a></li></ul> <p><b>Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BAE_Taranis" class="mw-redirect" title="BAE Taranis">BAE Taranis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_MQ-25_Stingray" title="Boeing MQ-25 Stingray">Boeing MQ-25 Stingray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-45" title="Boeing X-45">Boeing X-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CASC_CH-7" class="mw-redirect" title="CASC CH-7">CASC CH-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_nEUROn" title="Dassault nEUROn">Dassault nEUROn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EADS_Barracuda" title="EADS Barracuda">EADS Barracuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_Avenger" class="mw-redirect" title="General Atomics Avenger">General Atomics Avenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Polecat" title="Lockheed Martin Polecat">Lockheed Martin Polecat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_X-36" title="McDonnell Douglas X-36">McDonnell Douglas X-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-180" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-180">Northrop Grumman RQ-180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_Skat" title="Mikoyan Skat">Mikoyan Skat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Okhotnik" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukhoi Okhotnik">Sukhoi Okhotnik</a></li></ul> <p> <b>Related lists</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_experimental_aircraft" title="List of experimental aircraft">List of experimental aircraft</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XSBF" title="Grumman XSBF">G-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck" title="Grumman J2F Duck">G-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-16</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-17 (page does not exist)">G-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-21</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">G-34</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-35&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-35 (page does not exist)">G-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">G-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">G-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_XJL" title="Columbia XJL">G-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-44_Widgeon" title="Grumman G-44 Widgeon">G-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">G-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">G-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-47</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-48 (page does not exist)">G-48</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-49&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-49 (page does not exist)">G-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTB2F" title="Grumman XTB2F">G-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">G-56</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-57&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-57 (page does not exist)">G-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">G-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-61</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-62&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-62 (page does not exist)">G-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">G-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-65_Tadpole" title="Grumman G-65 Tadpole">G-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTSF" title="Grumman XTSF">G-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-67</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-68&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-68 (page does not exist)">G-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">G-70</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-71&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-71 (page does not exist)">G-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">G-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-73_Mallard" title="Grumman G-73 Mallard">G-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-44_Widgeon" title="Grumman G-44 Widgeon">G-74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">G-75</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-76&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-76 (page does not exist)">G-76</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-77&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-77 (page does not exist)">G-77</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-78&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-78 (page does not exist)">G-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">G-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">G-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">G-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">G-83</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-84&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-84 (page does not exist)">G-84</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-85&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-85 (page does not exist)">G-85</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-86 (page does not exist)">G-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">G-90</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-91&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-91 (page does not exist)">G-91</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-92&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-92 (page does not exist)">G-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">G-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-96</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-97&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-97 (page does not exist)">G-97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">G-98</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-101</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-102&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-102 (page does not exist)">G-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-106</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-107&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-107 (page does not exist)">G-107</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-108&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-108 (page does not exist)">G-108</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-109 (page does not exist)">G-109</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-110&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-110 (page does not exist)">G-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-112</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-113&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-113 (page does not exist)">G-113</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-114&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-114 (page does not exist)">G-114</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-115&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-115 (page does not exist)">G-115</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-116&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-116 (page does not exist)">G-116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">G-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-118" title="Grumman G-118">G-118</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-119&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-119 (page does not exist)">G-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-121</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-122&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-122 (page does not exist)">G-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" title="Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">G-123</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-124&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-124 (page does not exist)">G-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-126</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-127&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-127 (page does not exist)">G-127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-129</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-130&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-130 (page does not exist)">G-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-132" title="Grumman G-132">G-132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">G-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-142</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-143&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-143 (page does not exist)">G-143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">G-159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Ag_Cat" title="Grumman Ag Cat">G-164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-165</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-170&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-170 (page does not exist)">G-170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-211</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-214&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-214 (page does not exist)">G-214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-215 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-215 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-234</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-235&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-235 (page does not exist)">G-235</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-242&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-242 (page does not exist)">G-242</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">G-273</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-279&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-279 (page does not exist)">G-279</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-283&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-283 (page does not exist)">G-283</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-288</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-296&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-296 (page does not exist)">G-296</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-300&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-300 (page does not exist)">G-300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">G-303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-305</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-306&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-306 (page does not exist)">G-306</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">G-310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-315</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-327&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-327 (page does not exist)">G-327</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-342</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-344&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-344 (page does not exist)">G-344</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-356&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-356 (page does not exist)">G-356</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-359&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-359 (page does not exist)">G-359</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-371&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-371 (page does not exist)">G-371</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-376&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-376 (page does not exist)">G-376</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">G-378</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">G-391</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-399&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-399 (page does not exist)">G-399</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">G-413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">G-426</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-429</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">G-431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-436</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-450&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-450 (page does not exist)">G-450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-467</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-484&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-484 (page does not exist)">G-484</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-486&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-486 (page does not exist)">G-486</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-487&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-487 (page does not exist)">G-487</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-511&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-511 (page does not exist)">G-511</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-516&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-516 (page does not exist)">G-516</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-518&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-518 (page does not exist)">G-518</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-532&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-532 (page does not exist)">G-532</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-550&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-550 (page does not exist)">G-550</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-607&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-607 (page does not exist)">G-607</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-612&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-612 (page does not exist)">G-612</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-613&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-613 (page does not exist)">G-613</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-618&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-618 (page does not exist)">G-618</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-623&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-623 (page does not exist)">G-623</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-636&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-636 (page does not exist)">G-636</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-674&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-674 (page does not exist)">G-674</a></li> <li>G-680 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-698&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-698 (page does not exist)">G-698</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">G-704</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-711&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-711 (page does not exist)">G-711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">G-712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">G-723</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">G-728</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-730&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-730 (page does not exist)">G-730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">G-744</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-754&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-754 (page does not exist)">G-754</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-755&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-755 (page does not exist)">G-755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flxible_Metro" title="Flxible Metro">G-870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">G-1128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">G-1159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Model_400" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman Model 400">Model 400</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By role</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">FF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F2F" title="Grumman F2F">F2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">F3F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">F4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">XF5F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">XP-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">F6F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">XP-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">F7F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F8F</a></li> <li>F9F <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">-1 to -5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">-6 to -8</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">F-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">XF10F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">F11F/F-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">F11F-1F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-118" title="Grumman G-118">G-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">F-111B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-23" title="Northrop YF-23">NATF-23</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bombers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit" title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">B-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider" title="Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider">B-21</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attack/Patrol</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">TBF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTSF" title="Grumman XTSF">XTSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTB2F" title="Grumman XTB2F">TB2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">S-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">A-6</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recon/Scouts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XSBF" title="Grumman XSBF">XSBF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">E-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">OV-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">EA-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" title="Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">E-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Utility/Transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">UC-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">JF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck" title="Grumman J2F Duck">J2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck" title="Grumman J2F Duck">OA-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">JRF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">J3F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">OA-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">OA-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-44_Widgeon" title="Grumman G-44 Widgeon">OA-14/J4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">U-16/JR2F/UF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">C-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound" title="Grumman C-2 Greyhound">C-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civil aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-73_Mallard" title="Grumman G-73 Mallard">Mallard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Ag_Cat" title="Grumman Ag Cat">Ag Cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">Kitten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-65_Tadpole" title="Grumman G-65 Tadpole">Tadpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">Gulfstream I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">Gulfstream II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">Apollo Lunar Module</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS" title="Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS">E-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-10_MC2A" title="Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A">E-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_EF-111A_Raven" title="General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven">EF-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">Q-4</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-4C_Triton" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout">Q-8</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8C_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-180" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-180">Q-180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">X-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">X-47A</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">X-47B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Bat" title="Northrop Grumman Bat">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Firebird" title="Northrop Grumman Firebird">Firebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Switchblade" title="Northrop Grumman Switchblade">Switchblade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By name</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Ag_Cat" title="Grumman Ag Cat">Ag Cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">Albatross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">Avenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Bat" title="Northrop Grumman Bat">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">Bearcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">Cougar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">Duck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">Fifi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Firebird" title="Northrop Grumman Firebird">Firebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8C_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout">Fire Scout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">Global Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound" title="Grumman C-2 Greyhound">Greyhound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">Guardian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">Gulfhawk III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">Gulfstream I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">Gulfstream II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" title="Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">Hawkeye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">Hellcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">Intruder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">Jaguar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS" title="Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS">Joint STARS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">Kitten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-73_Mallard" title="Grumman G-73 Mallard">Mallard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">Mohawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">Panther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">Pegasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">Prowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider" title="Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider">Raider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">Skyrocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit" title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">Super Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Switchblade" title="Northrop Grumman Switchblade">Switchblade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-65_Tadpole" title="Grumman G-65 Tadpole">Tadpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">Tigercat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">Tomcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">Tracer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">Tracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">Trader</a></li> <li><a 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X-5">S-5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Experimental<br />"X" (1948–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1–25</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_X-1" title="Bell X-1">X-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_X-2" title="Bell X-2">X-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_X-3_Stiletto" title="Douglas X-3 Stiletto">X-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_X-4_Bantam" title="Northrop X-4 Bantam">X-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_X-5" title="Bell X-5">X-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_X-6" title="Convair X-6">X-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_X-7" title="Lockheed X-7">X-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerojet_General_X-8" title="Aerojet General X-8">X-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_X-9_Shrike" title="Bell X-9 Shrike">X-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-10" title="North American X-10">X-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65A_Atlas" title="SM-65A Atlas">X-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65B_Atlas" title="SM-65B Atlas">X-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_X-13_Vertijet" title="Ryan X-13 Vertijet">X-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_X-14" title="Bell X-14">X-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">X-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_X-16" title="Bell X-16">X-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_X-17" title="Lockheed X-17">X-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiller_X-18" title="Hiller X-18">X-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_X-19" title="Curtiss-Wright X-19">X-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-20_Dyna-Soar" title="Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar">X-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_X-21" title="Northrop X-21">X-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_X-22" title="Bell X-22">X-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_X-23_PRIME" title="Martin X-23 PRIME">X-23</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Marietta_X-24" title="Martin Marietta X-24">X-24</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-301" title="Lockheed L-301">X-24C</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bensen_B-8" title="Bensen B-8">X-25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">26–50</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schweizer_X-26_Frigate" title="Schweizer X-26 Frigate">X-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_CL-1200_Lancer" title="Lockheed CL-1200 Lancer">X-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osprey_Osprey_I" title="Osprey Osprey I">X-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">X-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_X-30" title="Rockwell X-30">X-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell-MBB_X-31" title="Rockwell-MBB X-31">X-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-32" title="Boeing X-32">X-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-33" title="Lockheed Martin X-33">X-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbital_Sciences_X-34" title="Orbital Sciences X-34">X-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-35" title="Lockheed Martin X-35">X-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_X-36" title="McDonnell Douglas X-36">X-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-37" title="Boeing X-37">X-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_X-38" title="NASA X-38">X-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_Aircraft_Technology_Enhancements" title="Future Aircraft Technology Enhancements">X-39</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-40" title="Boeing X-40">X-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-41_Common_Aero_Vehicle" title="X-41 Common Aero Vehicle">X-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-42_Pop-Up_Upper_Stage" class="mw-redirect" title="X-42 Pop-Up Upper Stage">X-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_X-43" title="NASA X-43">X-43</a></li> <li>X-44<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-44_MANTA" title="Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA">X-44 MANTA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-44_(UAV)" title="Lockheed Martin X-44 (UAV)">X-44 (UAV)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-45" title="Boeing X-45">X-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-46" title="Boeing X-46">X-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">X-47</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">X-47B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-48" title="Boeing X-48">X-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piasecki_X-49_SpeedHawk" title="Piasecki X-49 SpeedHawk">X-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-50_Dragonfly" title="Boeing X-50 Dragonfly">X-50</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">51–</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-51_Waverider" title="Boeing X-51 Waverider">X-51</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">X-52</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-53_Active_Aeroelastic_Wing" title="Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing">X-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_X-54" title="Gulfstream X-54">X-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-55" title="Lockheed Martin X-55">X-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-56" title="Lockheed Martin X-56">X-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_X-57_Maxwell" title="NASA X-57 Maxwell">X-57</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">X-58</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-59_Quesst" title="Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst">X-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generation_Orbit_X-60" title="Generation Orbit X-60">X-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynetics_X-61_Gremlins" title="Dynetics X-61 Gremlins">X-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_X-62_VISTA" title="General Dynamics X-62 VISTA">X-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS1_(rocket)" title="RS1 (rocket)">X-63</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=KT_Engineering_X-64&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KT Engineering X-64 (page does not exist)">X-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora_X-65_CRANE" title="Aurora X-65 CRANE">X-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_X-66" title="Boeing X-66">X-66</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NASA_AD-1" title="NASA AD-1">AD-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_HiMAT" title="Rockwell HiMAT">HiMAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_HL-10" title="Northrop HL-10">HL-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_M2-F1" title="NASA M2-F1">M2-F1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_M2-F2" title="Northrop M2-F2">M2-F2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_M2-F3" title="Northrop M2-F3">M2-F3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kratos_XQ-58_Valkyrie" title="Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie">XQ-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_XQ-67A" title="General Atomics XQ-67A">XQ-67</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> Not assigned</li> <li><sup>2</sup> Assigned to multiple types</li> <li><sup>3</sup> Unofficial</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-20_Avenger" title="General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger">General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_MQ-25_Stingray" title="Boeing MQ-25 Stingray">Boeing MQ-25 Stingray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Phantom_Ray" title="Boeing Phantom Ray">Boeing Phantom Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Sea_Ghost" title="Lockheed Martin Sea Ghost">Lockheed Martin Sea Ghost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_RQ-170_Sentinel" title="Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel">Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-180" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-180">Northrop Grumman RQ-180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kratos_XQ-58_Valkyrie" title="Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie">Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_XQ-67A" title="General Atomics XQ-67A">General Atomics XQ-67A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Australia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="UAVs" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">UAVs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_MQ-28_Ghost_Bat" title="Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat">Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">China</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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