Nov. 29, 2012:
In preparation for the first catapult launch of the U.S. Navy's X-47B unmanned aircraft, a flight deck director - aka "yellow shirt" - and a deck operator using Northrop Grumman's wireless, handheld Control Display Unit guide the aircraft into position on a shore-based catapult at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
(NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP)
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