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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Boeing's look at the future of war

X-45C
Unmanned combat aircraft as the next wave

When the Boeing Co. lost the Joint Strike Fighter competition to Lockheed Martin in 2001, its days as a fighter-jet maker may have appeared over.

The Boeing F-15 and F-18 fighter programs were nearing the end, and the company was merely a supplier to Lockheed Martin's F/A-22 program.

But here comes Boeing's X-45C for the Air Force.

Just as the 787 is critical to Boeing's commercial jetliner future, the X-45C represents the company's future in fighters.

It will be nearly as big as an F-16, well-armed and able to fly at close to the speed of sound.

Only the X-45C won't have an onboard pilot. It will be unmanned.

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