Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua tata haere mai ngā teihana hinu rere e taea ai te whakakii i ngā waka rererangi hōia robotic. Ko te whakakii hau tuatahi o tētahi waka rererangi kore tangata i tutuki pai i tēnei rā e te waka rererangi X-47B o te Navy. Ko te waka Salty Dog 502 tetahi o nga kaiwhakaatu e rua o te Unmanned Carrier Air Vehicle (UCAS-D) i runga i te kaupapa X-47B. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te whakakii hau tuatahi o tētahi waka rererangi kore-tihi i tutuki pai i tēnei rā e te waka rererangi X-47B o te Navy. I te tīmatanga o te rā, i whakapā atu te waka rererangi ki tana pūtirotiro whakakii i te rerenga (IFR) ki te ngongo o tētahi waka hinu a Omega Air KC-707 i te takutai o Maryland. I te tīmatanga o te rā nei, i whakapūmautia e ia tana pūtirotiro whakakii hinu i roto i te rerenga (IFR) ki te ngongo o tētahi waka hinu a Omega Air KC-707 i te takutai o Maryland. I roto i te whakamātautau, i whai i te Omega Air Refuelling 707 tanker mai i te maero i mua i te whakamahi i nga pūoko whatu me te kāmera ataata ki te tirotiro i tana whakatata ki te 20 waewae (e ono mita). I runga anō i te āhua o te rangi, ko ngā whakaaturanga whakakii hau ka roa i te mutunga wiki. Ko te drone e pā ana ki te rahi o te F / A-18 Super Hornet, taimaha i roto i i 44,000 pauna (20,000kg) me he 62ft (20m) parirau. Ko te Salty Dog 502 tētahi o ngā tauira kawe waka rererangi kore-tihi (UCAS-D) e rua i runga i te hōtaka X-47B. Ko te whāinga o ia whakaaturanga whakakii hinu, ko te whakawhiti i te 3,000 pauna wahie i roto i te rima meneti. Engari, koinei te whakamātautau whakamutunga o te X-47B hītori, ka hoatu ki ngā whare taonga ahakoa, e ai ki a Foxtrot Alpha, e 20 ōrau noa iho o ā rātou haora rere i whakamahia. Ko te whakakii i te rererangi te raru whakamutunga mo te waka rererangi a Northrop Grumman, e kii ana ki a Kapene Beau Duarte, kaiwhakahaere kaupapa o te Navy's Unmanned Carrier Aviation. Ki te parirau o te 130 waewae, he whānui ake te Triton i nga waka rererangi arumoni penei i te Boeing 737. I rere tuatahi te rererangi tirotiro a te Navy i te rererangi rererangi i te marama o Hepetema, e 11 haora te rere i te US. Ko te whakamātautau whakawhiti-whenua te tuatahi mo te MQ-4C Triton, ka whai wāhi ki te mahere a te Navy Broad Area Maritime...
I whai a Salty Dog 502 i te kaipuke hinu 707 a Omega Air mai i te maero. I whakamahia e ia ngā pūoko whatu me tētahi kāmera hei aroturuki i te whakatata ki te 20 waewae. Kātahi ka whakapā atu te pūtirotiro whakamana ki te ngongo o te Omega Air KC-707. Ko te rahi o te waka rererangi he F/A-18 Super Hornet, ā, he 44,000pound (20,000kg) te taumaha