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Long Drive on the RQ-180... |
2021-04-03 |
[The Drive]![]() WHAT IS AN "RQ-180?" First off, we have no idea what the exotic flying machine in question's actual designation is. The name comes from Aviation Week's original reporting on an aircraft that some of us had speculated existed for some time. The RQ-180 designation is simply a notional expansion of the designation of Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works' RQ-170 Sentinel. The two platforms are in some way complementary to one another, but the RQ-170 is definitely the older, lower-tier, lower-flying, more tactically-oriented, and less advanced of the two concepts. Both are flying wing designs. They are or certainly will be capable of integrating together, at least to some degree, but beyond that, they are not directly related. |
Posted by:M. Murcek |
#1 Did we get a little help from our 'friends' ? |
Posted by: Titus Shomotle8877 2021-04-03 04:01 |