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Drone launched from aircraft carrier

Artificial Intelligence Drone runs U.S. Navy Sea Trials
ATLANTIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 9: In this handout from the U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman Corp., The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator taxies on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman December 9, 2012 in the Atalntic Ocean. The "stealth drone" is reportedly the first unmanned aircraft piloted by artificial intelligence to take off, fly a programmed mission and return to its base. (Photo by Alan Radecki/U.S. Navy courtesy of Northrop Grumman via Getty Images) (Getty Images)

The U.S. Navy made history on May 14, 2013 by launching X-47B, an unmanned drone, from an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean.