Boeing's Sean Griffin says the X-45C doesn't look like any aircraft you've ever seen - unless you saw the movie "Stealth" starring Jamie Foxx.

"It's unlike any aircraft you've ever seen," says Griffin. "It's more than 40 feet long, more than 30 feet wide, it looks like a big flying wedge with an air scoop on top of it."

The X-45 is going to change the way wars are waged.

"It can hold about a ton of bombs and deliver them autonomously," says Griffin.

And it's providing employment locally. About 200 Puget Sound employees are involved in its advanced technology research and development. But you might find it surprising to know that there is lots of this kind of work going on around here.

"This is just one of more than a dozen very high tech defense and space programs that we have about 9,000 working on in Puget Sound," says Griffin. "This is a big high tech center, not only for the Boeing Company but for the industry in general."

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