Robot Plane Drops Bomb in Successful Test The Associated Press

(EXCERPT) Sunday, April 18, 2004; 9:59 PM

LOS ANGELES - A robotic plane deliberately dropped a bomb near a truck
at Edwards Air Force Base on Sunday, marking another step forward for
technology the U.S. military hopes will one day replace human pilots
on dangerous combat missions.

Under human supervision but without human piloting, a prototype of the
Boeing Co.'s X-45 took off from the desert base, opened its b...

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