US navy unveils new bat-winged stealth bomber

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US navy unveils new bat-winged stealth bomber
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Evil	Feb 7 2011, 12:37 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Quote: LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A robotic, bat-winged bomber designed to take off from a US aircraft carrier has passed its first test in a debut flight in California, the US Navy said. The X-47B jet, which looks like a smaller version of the B-2 stealth bomber, stayed in the air for 29 minutes and climbed to 5,000 feet in a test flight on Friday at Edwards Air Force Base, according to the Navy and defense contractor Northrop Grumman. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110206/ts_alt_afp/usmilitaryaerospaceindustryrobots Another pic and a video: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/02/06/2011-02-06_navy_unveils_new_batwinged_stealth_bomber_unmanned_x47b_is_militarys_deadliest_n.html?r=news/national
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Nuke	Feb 7 2011, 07:54 AM Post #2
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	It's not really new, it's just a practical development from the X-45 UCAV. The Navy isn't really going to be able to use this thing until the new Gerald R. Ford carriers come online. The catapults on Nimitz-class carriers have a minimum launch weight that has to be met in order for it to not destroy the airframe as it throws it off the deck. UCAVs have traditionally not been able to meet this minimum take-off weight. The Ford-class carriers, however, use an electromagnetic catapult system that has no such minimum weight limit, thus allowing the operation of lighter craft such as these. So, don't get too excited, folks. The tech isn't too advanced to begin with, and certainly won't see frontline service until at least 2015.
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