[Reaganesque]

Looks alot like Boeing's X-45 or 47 but, the viewing angle makes it difficult to tell. Could simply be a variant. Who knows? Interesting pic, anyway.

[llevrok]

Looks like a UAV to me. They are getting bigger and bigger, it seems.

[DuncanWaring]

I’m guessing “No canopy”.

Canopies are generally clear, and whatever that is shows no sign whatsoever of transparency. I think it’s just part of the air inlet.

[Snickering Hound]

http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=156493
Looks like the X-47B

[Poundstone]

Could it be manned, but covered so that the canopy doesn’t appear?

[null and void]

[ntmxx]

Where can I get one? So, cool…better than the “Acrostar” Microjet.

[Bean Counter]

It looks like a UAV based roughly on the B=2 flying wing design. Without some sense of scale it’s hard to tell for sure, but that thing does not look big enough to carry a pilot.

Bet me that what looks like a canopy could be some sort of sensor array, akin to the Aegis antenna on that class of Naval vessel.

In any case this would not be the first time we were surprised by some new variant...

[Little Pig]

It looks smaller (based on the wheelbase) than the x-45 or -47, but the intake profile looks like the boeing UAV prototypes. Ditto the wing profile. This thing is supposed to be an actual air-combat platform, with stealth. This particular one looks like it can’t carry more than 4 missiles, but it probably has a gun bay too. This isn’t some rinky-dink R/C-plane Predator. This is the real deal. High sub-mach, aerial maneuverability, moderate loiter, and substantial firepower.

[Shortwave]

To me, it looks like this Northrup Grumman Marine stealth drone seen at the 2004 Miramar Airshow. Size and wheel configuration are spot on. Pretty cool drone indeed!

[frithguild]

X-45 is only similar:

[RaceBannon]

that looks like a UAV to me, too, one design I saw on the drawing boards in news articles kind of thing

[McGruff]

...it could be a very small manned plane...

Oh sure. Make fun of small people. So easy a small man could fly it?

:^)

[ZOOKER]

Production version of this UAV?

[The Comedian]

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[AppyPappy]

I have two of them.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Point of personal clarification: What are a plane’s “buttocks?”

[luckybogey]

Landing gear is the clue. Looks like a newer version of the X-45...

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

[SeaHawkFan]

F-117 was retired about 1.5 years ago. Maybe this is why.

[derekr44]

Boeing X-45C-1 Here is an artists rendering of the plane... note the bumps on the wings and the tail configuration.

[Vendome]

That is a model rocket plane.