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	Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) - Military Aircraft
		The UCAV weapon system will exploit the design and operational freedoms of relocating the pilot outside of the vehicle to enable a new paradigm in aircraft affordability while maintaining the rationale, judgment, and moral qualities of the human operator.
		The initial operational role for the UCAV is a "first day of the war" force enabler which complements a strike package by performing the SEAD mission.
		UCAVs may find niche in 21st Century The Rocketeer 25 June 1998 - One issue that generates debate in the UCAV community is the degree of autonomy that a UCAV should be permitted.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/ucav.htm (1330 words)

	Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) is the name of a new class of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that have been designed to carry out air strikes.
		The J-UCAS UCAV would use stealth technologies and carry precision-guided weapons such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) or precision miniature munitions, such as the Small Diameter Bomb to suppress enemy air defenses.
		Eitan would be a multi-purpose UCAV with automatic takeoff and landing able to locate and destroy mobile ballistic missile launchers in reconnaissance and attack missions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UCAV (286 words)

	Air Force Technology - X-45 J-UCAV - Joint Unmanned Combat Air System, USA
		Boeing planned the development and construction of two UCAV prototype air vehicles, X-45B, a larger air vehicle than the X-45A with an integrated avionics system, increased weapon delivery capacity and increased operating range and altitude.
		The operator station is equipped with artificial intelligence decision aids to assist the operator in the assessment of the battlefield situation and in his decision to authorise UCAV weapons release.
		The UCAV is intended to have experimental capability by 2008 and enter service after 2010.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/x-45-ucav (1253 words)

	Defense Horizons No. 3
		The United States is committed to fielding UCAV capabilities by 2010, principally for the missions of suppression of enemy air defense and deep strike, which are among the highest risk tasks for the Air Force and naval aviation.
		UCAVs are expected to cost in the millions of dollars, though an approximate unit cost is hard to define without knowing the platform numbers and identifying the suite of onboard systems, data links, and ground control stations.
		UCAVs should suffer far lower accident rates than either manned aircraft or UAVs because they will be stored and used only for limited training during peacetime, when manned combat aircraft fly the majority of their sorties (95 percent) and incur their highest losses (261 of the 265 F-16 losses as of 2000 occurred during training).
	www.ndu.edu /inss/DefHor/DH3/DH3.htm (5864 words)

	Edwards UCAVs UAV AFFTC (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If a “smart” bomb’s terminal guidance package were on the UCAV, the vehicle could be used to provide smart guidance for a “dumb” bomb until reaching very close range, at which point the UCAV would release the unguided ordnance and snap into a high-G escape maneuver.
		A UCAV and its operator would be aware of the updated battle situation and be able to adjust to changes in threats or weather.
		For deployment, UCAVs could be carried under the wing of a B-52, in a C-17, or on a boat—or they could be prepositioned.
	www.edwards.af.mil /articles98/docs_html/splash/may98/cover/ucavs.htm (1349 words)

	USAF - X-45 UCAV DARPA/Boeing - X-45A - X-45B - 1/48 Scale Models
		Eventually, UCAVs will fly in packs, "searching for enemy anti-aircraft missile launchers and working together to destroy them under the supervision of a human operator, who could be located anywhere in the world," Leahy said.
		Citing one of the many benefits, Alldredge spoke of UCAV’s cost effectiveness, "We expect it not only to be cheaper to acquire, but much cheaper to operate than current generation fighters." The team’s follow-on testing will explore the boundaries of intelligent unmanned combat operations.
		The basic concept for UCAV will be a four-ship pack under the command of a battle manager, who will have the situational awareness to command and control the vehicles.
	www.silentthundermodels.com /special/X-45_UCAV.html (707 words)

	Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles: Dawn of a New Age? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		UCAV advocates assert that smaller vehicle sizes may have even greater survivability implications in the future as new detection and tracking technologies mature (e.g., long-wave infrared and vortex-generation detection, which exploits airflow disturbances caused by aircraft).
		UCAV ATD efforts are distributed among three distinct segments: air vehicle; mission control, including communications architecture and operator interface; and supportability, including operator training, vehicle maintenance, and logistics.
		The UCAV program’s affordability goal is to achieve a recurring unit-flyaway cost of one-third that of an Air Force joint strike fighter- about $10–12 million- and a 20-year operations-and-support cost of 25 percent that of an F-16 Block 50.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj02/sum02/chapman.html (6133 words)

	Gear Update: The X-45 UCAV
		Welcome the new Weasel: the X-45 UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle), a remotely operated stealthy aircraft that relies on its small size, infinitesimal radar cross section, and non-pilot limited maneuverability to approach, identify, and attack enemy air defenses with precision munitions.
		The UCAV will have a ceiling of 40,000 feet, a cruising speed in the area of 650 miles per hour (Mach.85), a range of 1,300 miles, and a mission endurance of 90 minutes.
		The UCAV is operated via a remote mission control station (MCS) that provides aircraft feedback and sensor situational awareness of the battlefield environment, allowing the operator to make stress free tactical decisions.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_X45,,00.html (1083 words)

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