The Boeing X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle is a concept demonstrator for a "next generation" of completely autonomous military aircraft, developed by Boeing's Phantom Works. Manufactured by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, the X-45 was a part of DARPA's J-UCAS project.

2003年5月13日 · The Boeing joint unmanned combat air system X-45 is an unmanned combat air vehicle being developed for strike missions such as Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (SEAD), electronic warfare and associated operations.

2009年10月28日 · The first X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator completed its sixth flight on Dec. 19, 2002, raising its landing gear in flight for the first time. The X-45A flew for 40 minutes and reached an …

First flown in 2002, the X-45A was the first modern UAV designed specifically for combat strike missions. The stealthy, swept-wing jet has fully retractable landing gear and a composite, fiber-reinforced epoxy skin. Its fuselage houses two internal weapons bays.

The pioneering X-45A demonstrated that highly autonomous uninhabited aircraft could be used to attack opposing surface-to-air defenses (called Suppression of Enemy Air Defense or SEAD). Begun by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the program was later managed by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.

Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Boeing X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) Prototype including pictures.

Boeing X-45 / X-46 In the late 1990s, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) began to study the possibility of building an unmanned strike aircraft. In March 1999, Boeing received a contract to build two X-45A UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air …

The DARPA/Air Force/Boeing X-45A technology demonstration aircraft completed its first flight on 22 May 2002. Multi-aircraft testing will begin in 2003 when a second X-45A becomes operational, leading to joint UCAV and manned exercises in FY 2006.

The X-45, which began as a simple, short-range UCAV, is now starting to look like an unmanned bomber. The X-45A over Edwards AFB, Calif., on its May 22 first flight. Heavyweight Contender altered the concept of operations for its combat use and raised questions about whether it will continue to be the cheap drone the service origi-nally had in ...

2000年11月8日 · The X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) was a joint Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Boeing project to demonstrate the feasibility of an unmanned weapon for the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses mission.