X-45A touches down on its 50th flight. The X-45A was part of a DARPA funded program to demonstrate unmanned combat aerial systems (UCAS). Photo: Boeing
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] is reviving the X-45 unmanned aerial system to be used for testing and demonstration of advanced unmanned air system technologies, under a company funded research program code-named 'Phantom Ray'. First flight of the Phantom Ray is expected in December 2010.
