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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

DARPA Opts To End Boeing-Led X-50A Dragonfly UAV Effort
DARPA has decided to kill the Boeing-Led X-50A Dragonfly unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program.

The X-50 was trying to pioneer a new type of helicopter capable of stopping its rotor in flight and cruising as a fixed-wing jet.

But both prototypes crashed in March 2004 and April 2006.

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