X-47 First Cat Launch - USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

Credit: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sade Lucas From Naval Air Systems Command Public Affairs USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, at sea (NNS) -- The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia today. “Today we saw a small, but significant pixel in the future picture of our Navy as we begin integration of unmanned systems into arguably the most complex warfighting