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Old 21st Jun 2018, 03:21
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Originally Posted by Igundwane
Interesting model of a next generation fighter at the end there... Guess someone forgot to put the toys back in the box before filming took place
Well the black one is just the wind-tunnel model of the Boeing-NASA blended-wing-body (BWB - a.k.a. X-48A/B/C) - been around a few years. (Sorry the source has to be the DM ): Boeing tests 'blended wing' plane that could take to the skies in 10 years | Daily Mail Online

I think the silver/white canard jet just before that is a mockup of the NASA/Lockheed LBFD (low-boom (supersonic) flight demonstrator): https://www.popularmechanics.com/fli...ckheed-martin/

NASA movie, NASA prototypes. Neither looks especially capable of a fighter mission, although I guess a full-sized BWB might make a cargo hauler.
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