Re: Short article- YF-118G Bird of Prey: The Ultimate Stealth Plane?



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Message posted by Vahe Demirjian (Member since 04/28/2022) on February 25, 2023 at 17:37:39 PST:

The Bird of Prey was a McDonnell Douglas design, and flight testing of it continued for two years even after McDD was acquired by Boeing in August 1997.

Capitalizing on flight testing of the Phantom Ray (based on the X-45C), Boeing proposed a carrier-based version of the Phantom Ray for the UCLASS requirement that was shelved in 2016 in favor of the CBARS competition that led to the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray, which doesn't have the design philosophy of the Bird of Prey, X-45 or Phantom Ray and instead has straight wings.


In Reply to: Re: Short article- YF-118G Bird of Prey: The Ultimate Stealth Plane? posted by Smythers on February 24, 2023 at 12:16:53 PST:

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