Boeing has received the first two engines for the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-Ucas) X-45C UAV programme.Boeing has received the first two engines for the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems, or J-UCAS, was the name for the joint U.S. Navy/U.S. Air Force unmanned combat air vehicle procurement project. The two vehicles involved in the project were the Boeing X-45 and Northrop Grumman X-47. (J-Ucas) X-45C UAV UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV Unmanned Air Vehicle UAV Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle UAV Unmanned Airborne Vehicle UAV Uninhabited Air Vehicle UAV Urban Assault Vehicle UAV Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle (less common) programme. The engines were accepted at a General Electric plant, in Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. , although Boeing
is building three X-45C aircraft in St. Louis. Each of the drones will
be powered by a single F404 engine, which will give the vessel a
1200-nautical mile radius at 0.80 Mach up to 40,000 feet. The first
X-45C flight is scheduled for 2007.
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