The first fly-in arrested landing by the X-47B unmanned demonstrator represents the first arrested landing by an unmanned aircraft. During an arrested landing, an aircraft extends its landing hook to catch a heavy cable extended across the landing area. The tension in the wire brings the aircraft to a rapid and controlled stop.
Northrop Grumman Corp.
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Navy's X-47B drone makes first carrier-style landing

Navy binoculars
U.S Navy / Tiffini M. Jones
binoculars

Navy plans binoculars that scan enemy's face from 600 feet

The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maryland.
U.S. Navy
innovation

Navy's next-gen stealth sub could run silently for 50 years

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Image of water, looking up.
DARPA
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Navy wants drones stashed on the seafloor

Roboboat
U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Youngblood
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Navy robot boat missiles sink attack swarms

Virginia Tech's CHARLI-2 robot
Virginia Tech | Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory
robots

PSY-ops? Navy robot goes 'Gangnam Style'

Refueling at sea
U.S. Navy Military Sea Lift Command
energy

Navy aims to turn seawater into jet fuel

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Northrop Grumman
drone

New Navy fighter drone promises pilotless future

innovation

Electromagnetic catapult launches fighter jet

An electromagnetic catapult successfully launched a fighter jet in a demonstration of two futuristic technologies, the U.S. Navy...
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Navy's twin stealth drone takes flight

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UFO-like drone hits cruise mode

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Navy gets fix for speed need