X-47B
E138864
The X-47B is an experimental unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) designed to demonstrate carrier-based autonomous flight and strike capabilities for the U.S. Navy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| X-47B canonical | 3 |
| Northrop Grumman X-47 program | 1 |
| Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1093668 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: X-47B Context triple: [Northrop Grumman, developed, X-47B]
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A.
Boeing X-45
The Boeing X-45 is an experimental unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed for the U.S. military to demonstrate autonomous strike and reconnaissance capabilities.
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B.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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C.
RQ-4 Global Hawk
The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force and other agencies for wide-area surveillance and intelligence gathering.
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D.
Lockheed Martin X-56
The Lockheed Martin X-56 is an experimental unmanned research aircraft designed to test flexible, lightweight wings and active flutter suppression technologies for future high-efficiency aircraft.
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E.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a U.S. Army long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: X-47B Target entity description: The X-47B is an experimental unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) designed to demonstrate carrier-based autonomous flight and strike capabilities for the U.S. Navy.
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A.
Boeing X-45
The Boeing X-45 is an experimental unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed for the U.S. military to demonstrate autonomous strike and reconnaissance capabilities.
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B.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a U.S.-designed, remotely piloted combat drone primarily used for long-endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
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C.
RQ-4 Global Hawk
The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force and other agencies for wide-area surveillance and intelligence gathering.
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D.
Lockheed Martin X-56
The Lockheed Martin X-56 is an experimental unmanned research aircraft designed to test flexible, lightweight wings and active flutter suppression technologies for future high-efficiency aircraft.
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E.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a U.S. Army long-endurance, medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and precision strike missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carrier-based aircraft
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experimental aircraft ⓘ unmanned combat air vehicle ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
UCAS-D
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linked to:
J-UCAS
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| aircraftType |
flying wing
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tailless ⓘ |
| armamentCapability | internal weapons bay ⓘ |
| ceiling | 40000 feet ⓘ |
| controlType |
autonomous
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remote supervision ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew | 0 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
aircraft carrier operations
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autonomous aerial refueling demonstration ⓘ autonomous carrier-based flight ⓘ strike missions demonstration ⓘ |
| developer | Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| displayLocation |
NAS Patuxent River
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linked to:
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
USS Midway Museum ⓘ |
| engineModel |
Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220U
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linked to:
Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan
|
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| firstAutonomousAerialRefueling | 2015-04-22 ⓘ |
| firstAutonomousAerialRefuelingWith | Omega K-707 tanker ⓘ |
| firstCarrierArrestedLanding | 2013-07-10 ⓘ |
| firstCarrierArrestedLandingOn |
USS George H.W. Bush
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linked to:
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
|
| firstCarrierLaunch | 2013-05-14 ⓘ |
| firstCarrierLaunchFrom |
USS George H.W. Bush
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linked to:
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
|
| firstFlight | 2011-02-04 ⓘ |
| firstFlightLocation | Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ |
| height | 3.1 meters ⓘ |
| launchMethod | catapult-assisted takeoff ⓘ |
| length | 11.6 meters ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | high subsonic ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 20000 kilograms ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| powerplantCount | 1 ⓘ |
| predecessor | X-47A Pegasus ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Navy ⓘ |
| program | Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration ⓘ |
| programSponsor |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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United States Navy ⓘ |
| propulsion | jet-powered ⓘ |
| range | over 2100 nautical miles ⓘ |
| recoveryMethod | arrested landing ⓘ |
| role |
technology demonstrator
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unmanned combat air vehicle ⓘ |
| status |
retired
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test and evaluation complete ⓘ |
| stealthFeatures | reduced radar cross-section design ⓘ |
| successorProgram |
MQ-25 Stingray
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linked to:
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray
UCLASS ⓘ |
| wingspan | 18.9 meters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: X-47B Description of subject: The X-47B is an experimental unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) designed to demonstrate carrier-based autonomous flight and strike capabilities for the U.S. Navy.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems
→
successor
→
Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike
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linked to: X-47B
linked to: X-47B