Covering it in brown paper doesn't count as stealth! U.S bomber goes under wraps George H.W. Bush is scheduled to be the first aircraft carrier to catapult-launch an unmanned aircraft from its flight deck Currently preparing to conduct training operations in the Atlantic Ocean Drone has a claimed range of 2,000 miles and flight time of six hours It looks like a large crudely wrapped present, but this is the actually the world's first unmanned, robot aircraft piloted by artificial intelligence. Wrapped up in brown paper, the stealth drone was slowly pulled on to an aircraft elevator from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush today. The vessel is scheduled to be the first aircraft carrier to catapult-launch the the X-47B drone unmanned aircraft from its flight deck. In development for five years, the X-47B drone is designed to take off, fly a pre-programmed mission then return to base in response to a few mouse clicks from its operator. Under wraps: An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator is positioned on an aircraft elevator from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) It is the U.S. military's latest robot weapon and comes amid fears that the handing over of warfare to artificial intelligence could lead to disastrous unforeseen consequences. The difference between the X-47B and previous drones is that it will not be pilot movement by movement by a remote - like a remote control car would be. Instead, it will be controlled by a forearm-mounted box called the Control Display Unit which can independently think for itself, plotting course corrections and charting new directions. The unmanned drone will be set an objective by a human operator, for example a target to look at, and it will fly there using technology such as GPS, autopilot and collision avoidance sensors. Catapult: George H.W. Bush is scheduled to be the first aircraft carrier to catapult-launch an unmanned aircraft from its flight deck Mission: George H.W. Bush is preparing to conduct training operations in the Atlantic Ocean Design: Tailless, cranked-kite Wingspan: 62ft Length: 32ft Max Altitude: >40,000ft Speed: High subsonic Max Unrefuelled Range: >2,100 nautical miles Max Unrefuelled Flight Time: >6 hour Take-off Weight: 44,000lbs Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220U Twin Weapons Bays: 4,500lbs payload The size of a jet fighter, yet without a tail fin, the stealth drone is produced by Northrop Grumman, which also produces the similar, except larger and manned, B-2 Stealth Bomber. It caused a stir over the summer when it was mistaken for a genuine UFO as it was transported through Washington D.C. on its way for tests at a navy airbase in southern Maryla. The $6.2 billion vessel preparing to conduct training operations in the Atlantic Ocean Longer than three football fields and built at a cost of $6.2 billion, the USS George H.W. Bush is one of the Nimitz class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the largest warships in the world. A bronze statue on its hangar bay deck depicts the former president as a youthful, smiling pilot in his flight suit. On an upper deck, a 'tribute room' presents Bush's life from his days in the Navy to his four years in the White House. No other former president has visited a carrier named after him. Ronald Reagan was the first living ex-president to have a carrier named in his honor, but he was unable to visit the vessel before he died. Bush had served two terms as Ronald Reagan's vice president when he was elected in 1988 to be the nation's 41st president. Four years later, after a term highlighted by the success of the 1991 Gulf War in Kuwait, he lost to Democrat Bill Clinton amid voter concerns about the economy. Bush has a long record of service, beginning with his enlistment in the Navy in World War II. At one point, he was the nation's youngest naval aviator. He was shot down in the Pacific and rescued by an American submarine. He's also been a congressman from Texas, U.S. ambassador to China and CIA director. He suffers from a form of Parkinson's disease that has forced him in recent years to use a motorized scooter or wheelchair to get around. In flight: The X-47B has a claimed unrefuelled range of 2,000 miles and a flight endurance of more than six hours