This is the first time a drone has been refueled in midair

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We've seen it happen before on manned aircraft, but during a test flight on Wednesday, an unmanned U.S. Navy X-47B aircraft was refueled in midair. It was the first ever autonomous aerial refueling (commonly known as AAR) of an unmanned aircraft while in flight.

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