Defensetech.org has some awesome pictures of the Northrop Grumman X-37B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstartor (UCAS-D). You can see them here: http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/
In the meantime, defensetalk.com reports that the UCAS is at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, gearing up for a full summer schedule of testing. The X-47 B is the first unmanned vehicle that has been designed to take off and land from an aircraft carrier. It is also the first that can take off and carry out its own mission without the aid of a remote pilot (it kinda even looks like the UCAV-EDI from the movie "Stealth" - sorry, no Jessica Biel included).
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