{"id":3313,"date":"2013-07-11T13:52:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T13:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2013-07-11T13:52:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T13:52:48","slug":"sci-tech-robot-jet-fighter-prototype-lands-on-an-aircraft-carrier-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3313","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Robot jet fighter prototype lands on an aircraft carrier deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Landing on an aircraft carrier as it rises, falls, rolls and tilts with the waves is considering one of the most demanding feats in aviation. Yesterday, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B\" target=\"_d\">Northrop Grumman X-47B <\/a>, a prototype\u00a0<a title=\"Unmanned combat air vehicle\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unmanned_combat_air_vehicle\" target=\"_blank\">unmanned combat air vehicle<\/a> (UCAV) , demonstrated for the first time that a large robotically controlled aircraft could do it just like a human pilot:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Article.aspx?id=\/article-xml\/awx_07_10_2013_p0-595969.xml\" target=\"_d\">History Is Made As UCAS Lands On U.S. Carrier &#8211; Aviation Week<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dcnewsroom.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/video-x-47b-makes-history-lands-on-deck_10.html\" target=\"_d\">Video: X-47B makes history, lands on deck of aircraft carrier &#8211; DCNewsroom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&amp;plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3af19a6dea-c12f-4643-96a7-1fb28026941b\" target=\"_d\">VIDS: UCAS Anomaly Resolved On Deck After Historic Landing &#8211; Aviation Week<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/scSm7H03aDA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landing on an aircraft carrier as it rises, falls, rolls and tilts with the waves is considering one of the most demanding feats in aviation. Yesterday, a Northrop Grumman X-47B , a prototype\u00a0unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) , demonstrated for the first time that a large robotically controlled aircraft could do it just like a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3313\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Robot jet fighter prototype lands on an aircraft carrier deck<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Rr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4120,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4120","url_meta":{"origin":3313,"position":0},"title":"Boeing Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to move to Houston for permanent exhibit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from Boeing: Retired NASA 905 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft prepares for move to its permanent home \u00a0 Boeing sponsors relocation of historic aircraft as part of a new six-story attraction and educational experience at Space Center Houston HOUSTON \u2013 Executives from The Boeing Company and Space Center Houston, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=37"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8391,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8391","url_meta":{"origin":3313,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Carter Aviation&#8217;s slowed-rotor Cartercopter","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been awhile since I posted\u00a0on\u00a0Carter Aviation Technologies\u00a0and their slowed-rotor technology. 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