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David Pakman: Drones Escalate: Aircraft Carriers Launches Will Widen & Complicate Killings (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2013 OP
Pretty clueless in many areas ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #1
What's the stealth fighter in the center right? It looks a little like an F-117, but not really. Gorp Feb 2013 #2
It's one of the new generation of drones WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2013 #3
I did take note of the missing cockpit, but seriously? Gorp Feb 2013 #4
It's an X-47 WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2013 #5
It's frowning. Gorp Feb 2013 #6

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)
1. Pretty clueless in many areas
Wed Feb 20, 2013, 11:34 AM
Feb 2013

N-UCAS is what survived of JUCAS. It has been going on for damn near a decade. Google JUCAS for more.

The UAV in question is almost the size of the F-18 but per the released docs has a small ordnance load out. It is mostly for ISR. From its shape it is obviously stealthy.

 

Gorp

(716 posts)
2. What's the stealth fighter in the center right? It looks a little like an F-117, but not really.
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 03:56 PM
Feb 2013

I don't know another craft that size with that profile, but it doesn't have rear rudders or the distinctive nose shape of an F-117. Does anyone know?

 

Gorp

(716 posts)
4. I did take note of the missing cockpit, but seriously?
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 05:13 PM
Feb 2013

It's almost the same size as the fighters (a little shorter and a little wider), but I haven't seen anything about a model that looks like that. Does it have a designation? I'm also curious as to why they bothered. The current drones fly under the radar so why bother with stealth technology unless it's a bomber and it's WAY too small for that. Things aren't computing here.


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