Lots of supposition. No one knows for sure. Boeing stock up .75%, so possibly no big deal, but who knows.
If it "changes the future of air power," then that means military application.
But???
1 posted on
12/18/2017 6:43:55 PM PST by
Strac6
To: Strac6
Part of that is that Boeing stock has already gone up almost 100% in one year. One year.
2 posted on
12/18/2017 6:48:37 PM PST by
KC Burke
(If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
To: Strac6
Definitely military
3 posted on
12/18/2017 6:48:38 PM PST by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Strac6
Yes it says the defense arm of Boeing. Besides this: “It is believed to be a radical new craft using electric ‘hairdryer’ to allow it to land and take off vertically”
Pretty sure a passenger jet is never going to do that. Land and take off vertically I mean I don’t even what is this? That’s a rocket.
To: Strac6
Its a solar powered jet. Only problem is that it has to sit on the ramp for three weeks on sunny days to get the piwer for a 10 minute flight. The design won over its less efficient giant twisted rubber band model.
5 posted on
12/18/2017 6:50:59 PM PST by
TonyM
(UPS)
To: Strac6
Such hype usually means it’s nothing.
8 posted on
12/18/2017 6:54:18 PM PST by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Strac6
A New Spruce Goose!
Cool!
9 posted on
12/18/2017 6:56:36 PM PST by
MountainDad
(A strong man stands up for himself. A stronger man stands up for others. Support your local militia.)
To: Strac6
It is the 'new' T-X trainer
http://www.boeing.com/defense/t-x/index.page?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz-LMr4mV2AIVxYF-Ch2hawkOEAAYASAAEgLI8vD_BwE
12 posted on
12/18/2017 6:59:33 PM PST by
ASOC
(Having humility really means one is rarely humiliated)
To: Strac6
The scale model did look like skynet. Kind of amazing they went from design to working scale model in less than a month.
25 posted on
12/18/2017 7:35:37 PM PST by
edzo4
(Democrats playbook = promise everything, deliver nothing, blame someone else.)
To: Strac6
Based on the videos, they are going to need to work out a lot of kinks before something like that is put into use.
26 posted on
12/18/2017 7:42:29 PM PST by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: Strac6
Color me skeptical, it looks like a lifting body with the wings of their "Bird of Prey", ho hum.
Remember they gave us "Monica", and IMHO if the air-inlet was above and behind the canopy instead of below, maybe it would have had a chance against the F-35.
I have way more faith in Northrup coming up with something that is a game changer, the X-47B is way ahead of it's time...
28 posted on
12/18/2017 7:50:21 PM PST by
taildragger
("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Song of Angry Men!")
To: Strac6
Maybe the test flight of that is the UFO that's been in the news lately.
29 posted on
12/18/2017 7:52:03 PM PST by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Strac6
Boeing's defense arm is set to unveil a mysterious new plane - and says it will 'change future air power'
If it was important militarily, I assume it would not be revealed at all right now and would be classified as a military secret? So how does it change future air power?
To: Strac6
31 posted on
12/18/2017 7:55:18 PM PST by
Kenny Bania
(Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
To: Strac6
Geoffrey de Havilland Jr managed to land vertically in 1946.
34 posted on
12/18/2017 8:39:36 PM PST by
PAR35
To: Strac6
37 posted on
12/19/2017 12:40:58 AM PST by
Jeff Chandler
(Headline: Muslims Fear Backlash from Tomorrow's Terror Attack - Mark Steyn)
To: Strac6
43 posted on
12/19/2017 10:34:23 AM PST by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Strac6
VTOL at what cost?
If your expend a huge percentage of the aircrafts lift capability in supporting VTOL of what use is the plane?
44 posted on
12/19/2017 4:24:11 PM PST by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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