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Why has the Air Force decide not to continue with the X-45 project?
UAVs are the future, why would the Airforce bail?
crazyhorse - That is extremely incorrect. Unmanned fighters cost 1/3 of a normal fighter and the X-45
had already performed mock battle simulations and real time battle flights with live ordnance when the project was scrubbed which makes no sense.
M1A1 - you are also incorrect.
The Air Force’s new unmanned combat aerial vehicle—the Boeing X-45—is expected to take over suppression of enemy air defenses and electronic attack missions. - Gen. Hal M. Hornburg, commander of Air Combat Command
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- promethius9594Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
When budget is a limited resource, you keep the projects which are going to yield the best return the fastest. Getting the X-45 operational in 25 years is currently not as important as getting the F-22 and FA-35 operation in the next few years.
Besides, current UAV platforms can be upgraded at a cheaper cost for a more immediate benefit to our fielded troops.
Source(s): AF Officer - MikeGolfLv 71 decade ago
The X-45 was developed as a research aircraft only. It was never intended for use in combat.
The design was intended to test the capabilities of the technology.
- 1 decade ago
Probably too expensive, and the technology is not where it needs to be in order for it to be effective on the battlefield.