 The X-47B unmanned combat air system made the first-ever at-sea-arrested gear landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, July 10th. The 14,000-pound experimental unmanned aircraft operates with computer-based technology and enables the Navy to provide around-the-clock intelligence, surveillance, and targeting. At 2,100 nautical miles, it has three times the range of its predecessor, the Predator, and can be programmed to carry out missions with no human intervention. Because of its unique capability to launch and recover on a carrier, the Navy would not need to depend on the use of other country's air bases. X-47B was developed by Northrop Grumman at a cost of $1.4 billion. From the Defense Media Activity, I'm Petty Officer Amara Timberlake.