UAVs in Charge

Boeing X-45 UCAV Strategypage details the increasing dominance of unmanned aerial vehicles in future Air Force plans: The U.S. Department of Defense has decided to make the next generation heavy bomber an unmanned aircraft. The Department of Defense also wants the new aircraft in service by the end of the next decade, some twenty years ahead of schedule. At the same time, the current combat UAV program (J-UCAS, run by the air force and navy) is to be changed as well. The current X45 project will be split up, with the air force and navy allowed to develop a shorter range combat aircraft to suit their particular needs. These will be bombers, with some air-to-air capabilities. http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20060117.aspx

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