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| 1st 2 X-47B's to be delivered to Navy this year. Carrier tests next year. |
| 2010-02-13 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #13 Jawohl! |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-02-13 17:02 |
| #12 the Flugtest? LOL |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-02-13 16:46 |
| #11 The whole site is awesome. Did you see the hexacopter? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-02-13 16:38 |
| #10 that was awesome B - was that a modified U2? Looked like it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-02-13 16:35 |
| #9 But can it climb up to 70,000 feet? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-02-13 15:51 |
| #8 Damn, that sure looks like the thing what used to ride with the SR-71 from time to time. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-02-13 15:38 |
| #7 X-47B It will be strictly an attack/recon platform. It has the one thing carrier aircraft lack: Range: 2,100+ NM (3,889+ km) |
| Posted by: ed 2010-02-13 12:00 |
| #6 Steve - it is suppose to be fully capable as a fighter to protect the carrier. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-02-13 11:16 |
| #5 I could see two versions of this: 1) the 'kinetic weapon' Skidmark notes, from carrier deck to target a thousand miles away, guided by someone on the carrier (or in a lawnchair in Vegas). Just hit the target. 2) a more typical UAV for reconnaissance and perhaps task force defense. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-02-13 11:13 |
| #4 B variant looks different and is quite a bit larger.. see it in a parking lot here |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-02-13 11:13 |
| #3 I wonder if, in the back of the design engineer's mind, there was a subconscious effort to design a "flying sub", as was used in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea? Though, even as a kid, the use of those glowing nuclear reactor dampening rods freaked me out. Nuclear + glowing did not equal "good". |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-02-13 10:10 |
| #2 Yep. A kinetic weapon. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-02-13 08:10 |
| #1 They want a UAV for their service cause of all the good press, but they don't know what they'll do with it. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-02-13 08:06 |