The Boeing X-45 was an unmanned combat air vehicle concept demonstrator, built by Boeing Phantom Works as a step toward fully autonomous military aircraft and part of the DARPA J-UCAS project. It drew on the stealth research of the earlier Bird of Prey and had a low dorsal intake, a lambda wing blended into the fuselage and no vertical tail, with split ailerons giving rudder control. Boeing built two scaled-down X-45A proof-of-concept aircraft, the first completed in September 2000, and the X-45A first flew on 22 May 2002. On 1 August 2004 one ground-based pilot controlled two X-45As in flight at once. The US Air Force decided on 2 March 2006 not to continue the project, and the two X-45As went to museums, one of them the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
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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.
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On March 2, 2006, the US Air Force decided not to continue with the X-45 project.
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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.
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The X-45A had its first flight on May 22, 2002
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both X-45As were sent to museums
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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.
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On March 2, 2006, the US Air Force decided not to continue with the X-45 project.
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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.
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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.
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