U.S. to Add Mid-Air Refueling to UCAV's

Boeing Co. subsidiary McDonnell Douglas Corp. in St. Louis, MO received a contract to conduct a robust autonomous aerial refueling demonstration with the X-45C robot plane, and extend the current flight test effort by 18 months.

"With autonomous refueling, the X-45C provides an even longer sustained, lethal presence in hostile airspace holding enemy forces open to immediate surveillance or destruction," said David Koopersmith, Boeing J-UCAS X-45 vice president and program manager. "The Boeing X-45C will effectively and affordably fill critical gaps in key Air Force and Navy mission areas."

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Sounds cool; now UAV's will have unlimited ranges and can operate for longer;

Very cool, I find this very interesting.

I was actually wondering when they would do something like this.

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Sorry this was done a week ago