 Welcome to All Hands Update, I'm petty officer Ian Cotter. The X-47B unmanned aircraft recently completed its final tests while underway and set new firsts for unmanned carrier aviation. While at sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, the aircraft performed its first cooperative launch and recovery cycle with an F-A-18 Super Hornet. The X-47B conducted five catapult launches, four arrested landings and nine touch and go landings along with its first nighttime deck handling and taxi tests. A test team collected data of the aircraft's performance to help researchers better understand and develop future unmanned flight operations. The Navy will continue to perform shore-based testing of the aircraft at its home base at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. For more information, visit the Naval Air Systems Command website.