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Post by HAL on Jul 21, 2018 19:12:01 GMT
An hour or so back I was watching BBC's 'Click' tech program.
It was the one where they started with the Farnborough Air Show.
But what drew my attention was, right at the ens when they are discussing drone type things, there is a depiction (or is it a photo, hard to tell) of Boeing's big drone.
And it looks very much like the 'V' shaped object reported over Pheonix.
Anyone who can get a look at this program (maybe on BBC Catchup) can draw their own conclusions.
HAL.
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Post by swamprat on Jul 21, 2018 22:00:07 GMT
Is this it?Boeing unveils a drone capable of landing on an aircraft carrier, as Navy competition heats up
By Christian Davenport | December 29, 2017
Boeing’s MQ-25 drone is designed to provide the U.S. Navy with refueling capabilities that would extend the combat range of deployed Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18G Growler, and Lockheed Martin F-35C fighters. (Boeing photo by Eric Shindelbower)
Boeing recently offered a first glimpse of its newest military aircraft, a large, stingray-shaped drone it hopes will win an intense Navy competition to build an uncrewed aircraft capable of landing on an aircraft carrier.
Drones have been a vital part of the Pentagon’s arsenal for years, but the competition for a Navy carrier-based version that can refuel jet fighters in the midair would mark a significant advancement in the technology — and become another sign of how the military is increasingly integrating robots into the way it fights.
In addition to Boeing, two of the Pentagon’s top suppliers, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin, are also vying for a contract to build as many as 76 of the vehicles that would become operational in the mid 2020s. Bids are due Jan. 3, setting the stage for a high-stakes competition in 2018. Though the Navy has not yet released the value of the contract, an earlier incarnation of the effort--in which the drones would both serve as refueling aircraft and have attack capabilities — would have been worth $3 billion through 2022. As conceived now, the aircraft would not be configured to strike targets.
www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/12/29/boeing-unveils-a-drone-capable-of-landing-on-an-aircraft-carrier-as-navy-competition-heats-up/?utm_term=.b46c49b549e2
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Post by HAL on Jul 21, 2018 22:58:47 GMT
Swamp,
No. The one I mean looks just like the depiction of the craft that supposedly was flying over Phoenix.
A very big sharp-pointed boomerang.
Imagine an isosceles triangle with a smaller isosceles triangle removed from the middle section.
A sort of 'A' without the cross bar.
HAL
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Post by lonegunman on Jul 22, 2018 18:25:53 GMT
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Post by lonegunman on Jul 22, 2018 18:29:11 GMT
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