By Robert Brodsky rbrodsky@govexec.com
August 10, 2007
Within the next four years, Northrop Grumman plans to land an unmanned robotic drone, equipped with precision-guided bombs, on the deck of a Navy aircraft carrier, a revolutionary strategy that company officials say they hope will bring significant changes in naval aviation.
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"This is a big deal," said Scott Winship, the X-47B program director, at a briefing Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington. "The day this happens . . . naval aviation . . . changes forever."
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