Bombers
BombersPosted on: Dec. 7th, 2005 || seattlepi.nwsource.com
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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