DARPA launches search for unmanned A-10 replacement

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/11/338278/darpa-launches-search-for-unmanned-a-10-replacement.html

 

Proposals from industry are requested by DARPA by 21 February to demonstrate in 2012 or 2013 an unmanned component for a next-generation close air support system. The complete system may eventually assume a role now traditionally served by the Fairchild A-10 and other manned fighters, such as the Boeing F/A-18 and Lockheed Martin F-16.