Boeing's X-45A unmanned combat

Boeing's X-45A unmanned combat aircraft dropped a bomb for the first time last week, releasing an inert, unguided Small Smart Bomb (SSB) near Edwards AFB, Calif. The demonstrator for the Joint Unmanned Combat System competition conducted the launch from 35,000 ft. and Mach 0.67. Around Apr. 1 the...

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