Amerikkalais Drone teki simuloidun laskeutumis lentotukialuksen kannelle

In a milestone for robotic aviation, the Navy’s most valued drone has successfully simulated landing on an aircraft carrier deck for the first time. That deceptively simple maneuver, performed over the weekend, is a sign that Navy might really be able to operate drones off its aircraft carriers, helping the U.S. keep its robotic edge.
On Saturday, as shown in the video above, the Dorito-shaped X-7B descended from the skies onto a mock carrier deck on dry land at the Navy’s Patuxent River testbed. It was a test flight, but one unlike the previous ones conducted by the demonstrator aircraft, it was a crucial one. The robot’s tailhook caught the kind of cable, called an MK-7 arresting gear, that the Navy’s actual Top Gun pilots have to catch all the time when they touch down on flattops at sea. Not bad for a robot, especially one that doesn’t even have a tail.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/x47b-top-gun/

Amerikkalainen taistelurobotti teki ensimmäisen onnistuneen simuloidun laskeutumisen lentotukialuksen kannelle.