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Video: Navy’s X-47B unmanned drone is loaded aboard the USS Harry S. Truman

Posted at 2:59 PM, Nov 27, 2012
and last updated 2012-11-27 21:06:01-05

Norfolk, Va. -The Navy's X-47B unmanned drone was loaded aboard the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday to begin testing.

The Truman is the first aircraft carrier to host test operations for an unmanned aircraft and the Navy plans to conduct carrier deck handling tests aboard the ship.

The X-47b arrived by barge from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.