Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Navy's Historic Drone Launch From an Aircraft Carrier Has an Asterisk

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/drone-carrier/

At 11:19 a.m. today, for the first time in history, a plane without a pilot in it executed one of the most complex missions in aviation: launching off an aircraft carrier at sea. Only the Navy can’t yet land that drone aboard the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush, an even harder but necessary maneuver if large drones are really going to operate off carriers.

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