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X-47B (7f25651e-786c-5298-b688-584ff3925c61)

The Northrop Grumman X-47B was a U.S. Navy unmanned combat air system demonstrator rather than an operational UCAV, built to prove carrier suitability for a tailless, low-observable fixed-wing jet air vehicle. Powered by a single Pratt & Whitney F100-220U turbofan, it demonstrated autonomous catapult launches, arrested recoveries, carrier-deck integration, and later autonomous aerial refueling, making its procurement relevance mainly a risk-reduction pathfinder for follow-on carrier unmanned aviation.

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