Boeing X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Demonstrator Family
The Boeing X-45A was a pair of tailless, remotely piloted Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle technology demonstrators developed by the DARPA/USAF/Boeing Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program. NASA reports that the first X-45A flew on May 22, 2002, and that the aircraft demonstrated autonomous flight, networked mission control, and technologies for future suppression-of-enemy-air-defenses and precision-strike systems.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Boeing X-45AX-45AX-45Unmanned Combat Air VehicleUCAV technology demonstrator
- Family Name
- Boeing X-45A
- Full Name
- Boeing X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Demonstrator Family
- Roles
- militaryresearchexperimentaltechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Boeing X-45A was a pair of tailless, remotely piloted Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle technology demonstrators developed by the DARPA/USAF/Boeing Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program. NASA reports that the first X-45A flew on May 22, 2002, and that the aircraft demonstrated autonomous flight, networked mission control, and technologies for future suppression-of-enemy-air-defenses and precision-strike systems.
- First Flight Year
- 2,002
- Manufacturer
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-45/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:40:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 23:40:18 UTC