Airplane USAF Experimental Boeing X-45B UCAV UAV Drone 11.25" Model Aircraft The US Navy did not commit to practical UCAV efforts until 2000, when the service awarded contracts of US$2 million each to Boeing for a 15-month concept-exploration program.[1] Design considerations for a naval UCAV included dealing with the corrosive saltwater environment, deck handling for launch and recovery, integration with command and control systems, and operation in an aircraft carrier's high-electromagnetic-interference environment. The Navy was also interested in procuring UCAVs for reconnaissance missions, penetrating protected airspace to identify targets for following attack waves. The J-UCAS program was terminated in February 2006 following the US military's Quadrennial Defense Review. The US Air Force and US Navy proceeded with their own UAV programs. The Navy selected Boeing's X-45B as its unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) program. The X-45B carries no weapons, but has a full-sized weapons bay. To provide realistic testing, the demonstration vehicle is the same size and weight as the projected operational craft. The X-45B prototype rolled out from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on December 16, 2008. Its first flight was planned for November 2009, but the flight was delayed as the project fell behind schedule. On December 29, 2009, Boeing oversaw towed taxi tests of the aircraft at the Palmdale facility, with the aircraft taxiing under its own power for the first time in January 2010.On May-24-18 at 16:30:47 PDT, seller added the following information: