Military chiefs in America say a new, unmanned secrecy bomber has carried out its initial assessment flight.
The X-47B jet is being written by guns producer Northrop Grumman is to US Navy.
It was in the air for 29 mins during its girl flight and reached an rgreat heights of 5,000 feet.
Officials say it will help form segment of a new era of unmanned drones and functions similar to a not as big chronicle of the B-2 Stealth Bomber.
As such it would be really not similar from the stream navy of remote tranquil army planes similar to the Predator and Reaper.
Instead the X-47B would be probably invisible to radio detector and fly at sufficient faster speeds than those older, propeller driven machines.
In a matter Captain Jaime Engdahl, a programme executive is to warplane, said: "Today you got a peek towards the future as the Navy's first-ever tailless, jet-powered unmanned plane took to the skies."
The flight was essentially written to assessment the jet's superintendence and navigation systems and the aerodynamic manage of the tailless design.
It was tranquil from the belligerent by a joint group of the company's engineers and Navy specialists.
Northrop is office building the bomber as segment of a 395 million stipulate sealed in 2007.
Janis Pamiljans is vice-president of Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector.
"Designing a tailless, fighter-sized unmanned plane from a washed piece is no tiny feat.
"Commitment, conspiring and formidable technical value amid the Navy [and] Northrop Grumman done today's flight a reality.
"We are truly celebrated to have since wings to the Navy's prophesy for exploring unmanned conduit aviation."
Although it will be a few years before the X-47B is ready for operations officials say it should have its initial assessment flight from an plane conduit in 2013.
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