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From the outstanding Internet web site "War is Boring" several articles the topic of which is the latest U.S. Naval aviation UAV warplane. MQ-25 Stingray.
AT THIS EXACT MOMENT AND AS CONCEIVED WILL FUNCTION ONLY AS A TANKER AIRCRAFT [CARRIER-BORNE] BUT HAVING MORE OR LESS AN UNLIMITED POTENTIALITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
1. "The U.S. Navy’s New Carrier Drone Borrows 1970s Stealth"
"MQ-25 shows Tacit Blue's influence"
"The U.S. Navy’s new MQ-25 Stingray aerial-refueling drone bears an uncanny resemblance to an experimental U.S. military plane from the late 1970s. And that similarity could point to the way for the Stingray’s potential evolution from a tanker into a stealthy surveillance and strike aircraft."
2. "After 20 Years, the U.S. Navy Finally Buys a Carrier Drone"
"How will the MQ-25 evolve?"
"The U.S. Navy on Aug. 30, 2018 chose Chicago-based Boeing to build the sailing branch’s first carrier-launched unmanned aerial vehicle."
"In choosing Boeing to build the MQ-25 Stingray multi-mission tanker, the Navy has opened the next major chapter in a story that began in the mid-1990s, when the sailing branch worked alongside the U.S. Air Force to develop a fighter-like drone."
This is a stealth warplane based on OLDER technology [1970] but still do-able now and effective to the extent needed. GOOD TO GO NOW RATHER THAN BETTER TOMORROW!
coolbert.
From the outstanding Internet web site "War is Boring" several articles the topic of which is the latest U.S. Naval aviation UAV warplane. MQ-25 Stingray.
AT THIS EXACT MOMENT AND AS CONCEIVED WILL FUNCTION ONLY AS A TANKER AIRCRAFT [CARRIER-BORNE] BUT HAVING MORE OR LESS AN UNLIMITED POTENTIALITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
1. "The U.S. Navy’s New Carrier Drone Borrows 1970s Stealth"
"MQ-25 shows Tacit Blue's influence"
"The U.S. Navy’s new MQ-25 Stingray aerial-refueling drone bears an uncanny resemblance to an experimental U.S. military plane from the late 1970s. And that similarity could point to the way for the Stingray’s potential evolution from a tanker into a stealthy surveillance and strike aircraft."
Finished and flying product [MQ-25] top. Tacit Blue stealth concept shown below. Curved surfaces for stealth and not a faceted surface [as was the F-117]. Tacit Blue was a fly-able aircraft [image as shown not having a proper scale] but very unstable.
2. "After 20 Years, the U.S. Navy Finally Buys a Carrier Drone"
"How will the MQ-25 evolve?"
"The U.S. Navy on Aug. 30, 2018 chose Chicago-based Boeing to build the sailing branch’s first carrier-launched unmanned aerial vehicle."
"In choosing Boeing to build the MQ-25 Stingray multi-mission tanker, the Navy has opened the next major chapter in a story that began in the mid-1990s, when the sailing branch worked alongside the U.S. Air Force to develop a fighter-like drone."
This is a stealth warplane based on OLDER technology [1970] but still do-able now and effective to the extent needed. GOOD TO GO NOW RATHER THAN BETTER TOMORROW!
coolbert.