These beasts appear to be next generation predator drones will full firepower and electronic countermeasures. Not something you’ll want to invite to the kid’s birthday party. The X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air System, built by Northrop Grumman for the Navy, can operate from land bases and aircraft carriers and can “”suppress enemy air defenses, perform electronic attack, conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, and perform precision strike attacks.”
Killer Drone Construction Begins [DefenseTech]