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ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)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)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?
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)Notice it has no cockpit either.
Gorp
(716 posts)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.