Ultra Stealth (New USAF bomber?)

AVIATION WEEK ^ | May 26, 2008 | Bill Sweetman

[decimon]

NGB demonstrator may be a twin-engine aircraft resembling an X-47B. Initial version will be piloted, but an unmanned endurance version is a probable follow-on.

Is Northrop Grumman building a secret bomber prototype? In late April, the company revealed first-quarter financial results. Data indicated $2 billion in new "restricted programs" contract awards at Integrated Systems, the aircraft division. This almost certainly confirms what DTI first reported earlier this year: Northrop Grumman has a classified, sole-source contract to build a demonstrator for the U.S. Air Force's Next-Generation Bomber (DTI March, p. 30).

[kromike]

No matter where you go,
There you are.

;)

[decimon]

So when are we going to employ anti-matter drives?

Why, do they work cheap?

[count-your-change]

At the right is a picture of the newest stealth bomber in full stealth mode.

[Captain Rhino]

There are a couple of paragraphs at the end of the story that were probably left better unwritten.

[wastedyears]

I don’t have a clue.

[Pylon]

[anymouse]

Who built this craft?

Mattel.

[decimon]

There are a couple of paragraphs at the end of the story that were probably left better unwritten.

You may be right but I'd guess these things are well known. Known to all but us, that is.

[fso301]

We need quantity IMHO on this one.

Cut costs and increase quantity by building in China.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Oh, please - that’s not Revelle. It’s obviously a Hasegawa box. They’re always way ahead of the curve on their models.

[NonValueAdded]

No, it’s a box of gold plates. /humor, not bashing

[do the dhue]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoaXWMlG5ZM

Now I can’t get this song out of my head!

[Towed_Jumper]

“Who built this craft?”

Knowning the Government, probably the “lowest bidder.” The original design specs called for a circluar craft but due to cost overruns, union strikes and pi$$poor management the triangle craft was the best they could come up with.

[chilepepper]

unfortunately, the stealth coating for this new bomber is a special polymer paste made from processed french truffles, iranian beluga caviar and dom perignon champagne...

[Wuli]

This must be one of the “wasteful” defense programs that Barack Hussein Obama learned about from his traitorous DOD moles and which he now pledges to end.

[Cyman]

You sir, have inadvertently given the enemy valuable info regarding our new plane. Anyone can calculate the size of the box and then further extrapolate what would fit into it.Just by following my formula it is obvious that the design is similar to two boxes of Tampax connected by a fly by wire pilot module.

I hope you can sleep with the knowledge of your treachery.

[jws3sticks]

X-47B UCAS Program Overview: The X-47B will be a transformational, carrier-capable, multi-mission, unmanned combat air vehicle. Strike fighter-sized, it is a survivable, long range, high endurance and persistent platform capable of a variety of missions including Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and Time Sensitive Targeting/Strike.

From: http://www.is.northropgrumman.com/systems/nucasx47b.html

[jws3sticks]

Here's an interesting profile, with both the bomb bay doors open and the tail hook deployed.

Sorry for the large size. I don't know how to resize a linked picture from another website, like Northrop Grumman, seen here.

[decimon]

...carrier-capable......Strike fighter-sized...

Not what I'd think of a bomber. Thanks.

[CholeraJoe]

After the quote marks, but before the final > type height=400 width=550.