Boeing's Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems X-45C Full-Scale Model

Posted on: Oct. 13th, 2004 || Source: boeing.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

ST. LOUIS , Oct. 12, 2004 – The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Company has been awarded $767 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue the X-45C portion of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) demonstration program over the next five years.

The award is “a huge step forward that allows the Boeing team to build upon the tremendous success of the X-45A and deliver a revolutionary system capable of gaining rapid access to enemy battlespace and engaging sensitive and high-value targets,” said Boeing Integrated Defense Systems President and CEO Jim Albaugh.

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