U.S. Navy News: 2012

Personnel maintain an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard Harry S. Truman.

121213-N-ZZ999-102 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 13, 2012) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and personnel from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System program integrated test team maintain an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard Harry S. Truman. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman by Alan Radecki/Released)

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is transported on an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

121213-N-ZZ999-101 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 13, 2012) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is transported on an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman by Alan Radecki/Released)

121211-N-ZZ999-102 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2012) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is transported on an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman by Alan Radecki/Released)

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is secured aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

121211-N-ZZ999-101 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2012) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is secured aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman by Alan Radecki/Released)

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is prepared for testing.

121207-N-ZZ999-101 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 7, 2012) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and personnel from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System program integrated test team prepare an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft for testing aboard Harry S. Truman. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman by Alan Radecki/Released)

121013-N-SF704-062 STRAITS OF MALACCA (Oct. 13, 2012) Capt. G.J. Fenton, commanding officer aboard the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier George Washington (CVN 73), far left, and Rear Adm. J.R. Haley, commander, Task Force 70, far right, watch as the respective youngest and oldest Sailor Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Daniel Goe, from Ventura, Calif., 18, second from left, and Capt. John Schultz, from El Dorado, Ark, 58, cut a cake during a ceremony celebrating the Navy’s 237th birthday in the ship’s hangar bay. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class William Pittman/RELEASED)

121013-N-LV695-038 USS JOHN C. STENNIS AT SEA (October 13, 2012) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) celebrates the Navy's 237th birthday on the mess decks. The John C. Stennis strike group, consisting of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21 and USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) is forward deployed to U.S. 7th Fleet to strengthen regional partnerships, sustain maritime security, and support combatant commander requirements for assets in the area. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Destiny Cheek/Released).