X-45C Could Fly Refueling Demo in 2007

Posted on: Sep. 16th, 2004 || Source: aviationnow.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Boeing's upcoming X-45C unmanned aircraft may perform an aerial refueling demonstration as early as 2007 in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) effort, according to Darryl Davis, Boeing's Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) program manager.

AFRL partnered with Boeing and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 2002 on the AAR effort, with the refueling of unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) such as the X-45C in mind (DAILY, Aug. 21, 2003).

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