12/04/2012: Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman assist with the unload of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator.
The USS Harry S. Truman is the first aircraft carrier to host test operations for an unmanned aircraft.
The navy plans to conduct X-47B carrier deck handling tests aboard Harry S. Truman.
Credit: Defense Media Activity – Navy:11/26/12
For our look at how such a capability might be used in a Pacific strategy see the following:
http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/inserting-the-ucas-into-maritime-operations/