X-47B gets modified tail hook

A team from Fleet Readiness Center South West (FRCSW) at Naval Air Station North Island was asked to redesign the hook point for the X-47B after tests found that the original hook was inadequate during roll-in arrestment tests.

The team took up the challenge and managed to produced the redesigned part in less than two months.

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