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title: "Boeing X-46"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-46"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T12:44:41.758439+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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The Boeing X-46 was a proposed unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) that was to be developed in conjunction with the United States Navy and DARPA as a naval carrier-based variant of the Boeing X-45 UCAV being developed for the U.S. Air Force. Two contracts for technology demonstrators were awarded in June 2000, to Boeing for the X-46A and to Northrop Grumman for the X-47A.
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However, in April 2003, the Air Force and the Navy efforts were formally combined under the joint DARPA/USAF/Navy J-UCAV program, later renamed J-UCAS (Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems), and the X-46 program was terminated as redundant.
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A Navy-only N-UCAS demonstrator program started in the summer of 2006. Boeing will use material developed for the X-46 and X-45 to propose the X-45N as a naval UCAV demonstrator.
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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Boeing X-45 / X-46 Page |