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[quote="spazsinbad..“...the tanker will fly behind the receiver. ..So it makes sense that, once it has shown it can operate from a carrier, the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator should be tasked with proving autonomous aircraft can refuel in flight from the same tankers, and using the same methods, as manned aircraft....
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except NG wishes to do it "Bass ackwards"..IMHO so they can make more money retro-fitting all of the existing systems. I'm sure there will be some other caveat that theirs will have metric hoses instead of standard hoses or someother useless bs. Wasting "Tax Payers" money!, fire them.
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