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LowObservable
6th Dec 2013, 13:07
From AvLeak
Unmasking the RQ-180 (http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3A27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3A764f0843-3aa6-4b63-a879-13326ce408a2)
No piloted option I'm afraid...
BEagle
6th Dec 2013, 15:02
Oh, just another ****ing drone then....:*
For a moment I thought that a new University Air Squadron had been formed...:rolleyes:
NutLoose
6th Dec 2013, 16:00
Makes you wonder what was wrong with the last one at the rate they are churning these things out, Henry Ford would have been proud of them.
CoffmanStarter
6th Dec 2013, 16:05
Don't show BEagle this pic ... as he'll blow two gaskets for sure :E
http://www.fyidrones.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/577x384xSS1_8065-1.jpg.pagespeed.ic.586Q1eMgoX.jpg
NutLoose
6th Dec 2013, 17:26
Ooooohhh formation desk flying. :p
gr4techie
6th Dec 2013, 19:47
In the picture is the UAV in front air to air refuelling the other UAV behind it? If you squint you can just make out what looks like a basket and black hose. Maybe it's our new tanker fleet:-)
Lima Juliet
6th Dec 2013, 19:58
Oh, do keep up 007!
Global Hawk drones in mid-air refuelling test (http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=35194)
This was 18 months ago!
BEagle
6th Dec 2013, 22:29
Unusual to see you using the d-word, Leon....
Or have you at last accepted the generic term 'drone' for these things?
Haraka
7th Dec 2013, 06:04
I tried to get an OZ Army Intel. Officer interested in looking round a (reasonably) fast jet in Germany in the late 70's.
" Nah, thanks, but no thanks. Not interested. They're all going to be replaced by drones.
Come to think of it, most are flown by them already."
Lima Juliet
7th Dec 2013, 08:13
BEags
Not my video post link, old boy :ok:
ShotOne
7th Dec 2013, 12:43
Very clever (the refuelling, that is) but what's the point...other than to upset Beagle?
chopper2004
8th Dec 2013, 18:54
Like us UOTC lot, the UAS guys were quite stealthy albeit in the bar sense :)
Don't forget China's equiv of the Global hawk as well as SOAR Dragon have appeared over the last year or so
Chinese UAV & UCAV development - Page 23 (http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/air-force/chinese-uav-ucav-development-23-3526.html)
The Google Earth / Map images of Plant 42 Palmdale don't show anything special TBH. One time you could see a B-2 outside one of the production hangars at Palmdale the other year but not now
Cheers