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Ultra Stealth (New USAF bomber?)
AVIATION WEEK ^
| May 26, 2008
| Bill Sweetman
Posted on 05/30/2008 12:13:36 PM PDT by 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).
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: miltech
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:13:36 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Paleo Conservative
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:14:52 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:15:48 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: decimon
Too bad there aren’t like 3 dozen of these ready for Iran.
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:17:49 PM PDT
by
WarToad
To: decimon
Who built this craft?
To: decimon
I hope it is simple and easy to manufacture.
We do not need a 2 billion dollar bird. Now I know that was Congress fault for not building the original 120ish B-2's.
We only have what 60 something B-1's left? And the Buffs are getting way to long in the tooth.
We need quantity IMHO on this one.
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:20:23 PM PDT
by
taildragger
(The Answer is Fred Thompson, I do not care what the question is.....)
To: BenLurkin
Yeah, they said that is the X-47B, base for the claimed new bomber.
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:21:23 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
You can already buy a scale model of it. I got one for my kid to assemble, pictured below:
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:22:03 PM PDT
by
Damifino
(The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
To: snarks_when_bored
Who built this craft?That Pellman guy? For his ETs?
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:22:49 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Damifino
Dang, that’s really stealthy.
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:24:02 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: WarToad
Bird brain Pelosi will stand on her head to make sure that day never dawns!
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:24:34 PM PDT
by
SMARTY
('At some point you get tired of swatting flies, and you have to go for the manure heap' Gen. LeMay)
To: Damifino
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:24:52 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: taildragger
We need a bunch of remotely piloted craft, each with a moderate payload, (relatively) cheap to build.
Seat the “pilots” in some high flying AWACS out of “theatre” range,
and blow up some ragheads.
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:25:31 PM PDT
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: snarks_when_bored
Probably the guy holding & waving it on the other side of that dirty window.
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:26:45 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
To: decimon
Yeah, I hadn’t considered that possibility!
To: Damifino
Per #8; Man, Revelle’s packageing sure has gone down hill.
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:27:44 PM PDT
by
fella
(Is he or is he murtadd? Only his iman knows for sure.)
To: decimon
So when are we going to employ anti-matter drives?
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:28:12 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Like a bat outta Hell.)
To: snarks_when_bored
Yo-Yo Dyne Propulsion Systems.
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:28:37 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Damifino
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posted on
05/30/2008 12:28:58 PM PDT
by
KingLudd
To: ctdonath2
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