LEADER OF X-45 PROJECT PICKED KOOPERSMITH V.P. AT BOEING.Byline: Daily News Boeing announced it named David M. Koopersmith vice president and program manager of 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. X-45 program. Koopersmith, who led the $4 billion C-130 avionics modernization program, takes over as Boeing introduces the larger X-45C aircraft after 50 X-45A test flights. ``Dave Koopersmith will lead the J-UCAS X-45 program as it matures from basic demonstration systems to robust operational assessment demonstrations,'' said Darryl Davis, Global Strike Solutions vice president. The X-45C will be 39 feet long with a 49-foot wingspan and will be able to carry 4,500 pounds of bombs or missiles. The first X-45C will be completed in 2006 and flown in a U.S. government operational assessment beginning in 2007. Koopersmith has more than 25 years of program management, engineering, business development and production experience on numerous military aircraft programs including the AV-8B Harrier II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a carrier-based fighter/attack aircraft that entered service in 1999 with the United States Navy. The fighter has recently been ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force. . Koopersmith holds a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA was founded in 1963 from the merger of four earlier societies: the American Rocket Society (ARS), founded in 1930 as the and International Council on Systems Engineering The International Council on Systems Engineering or INCOSE (pronounced as in-co-see) is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the advancement of systems engineering and to raise the professional stature of systems engineers. . The X-45 is a joint project by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). , the Air Force and the Navy. |
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