ORAC - are you thinking X-47? They're still working on the flight sciences aircraft but NGC have planned to get the cats and traps basics sorted first before adding the mission capabilities.
At least with F-35C the work done on A and B variants can be directly read across. Eglin should see its first F-35Cs relatively soon, and IOC should certainly well be before X-47 IOC.
Of course the hook issue needs fully resolving as LM did the testing the other way round to NGC...
Last edited by WhiteOvies; 11th Jan 2013 at 00:34.