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 Dryden Home > Collections > Movie Home > X-45A > EM-0043-03 movie |
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X-45A/UCAV landing on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB |
| Movie Number |
EM-0043-03
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| Movie Date |
Circa 2002
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| Formats | 160x120 QuickTime Movie (1.5 MB) 320x240 QuickTime Movie (3.0 MB) 480x320 QuickTime Movie (4.6 MB) 640x480 QuickTime Movie (7.5 MB) |
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Still photos of this aircraft are available in several resolutions at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/X-45A/index.html |
| Description |
This 42 second movie clip shows the X-45A/UCAV landing on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program is a joint DARPA/Air Force/Boeing effort to demonstrate the technical feasibility for a UCAV system to conduct various strike missions within the emerging global command and control architecture. The demonstrations within the program are providing the information necessary to enable decision-makers to determine whether it is technically and fiscally prudent to continue development of UCAV aircraft to perform missions. The Dryden Flight Research Center role in the UCAV program is providing technical expertise and facilities support for the UCAV X-45A under a 1999 agreement with DARPA and The Boeing Company. The X-45A consists of two UCAV demonstration aircraft that will be used in advance of fielding operational systems around 2008. |
| Keywords |
X-45A; UCAV; DARPA; Boeing; UCAV; unmanned; combat |
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