Message posted by Andreas Parsch (Member since 11/19/2001) on June 26, 2024 at 13:37:28 PST:
>> "... leads me to suggest that any of the designations in the Q-29 to Q-34 sequence were probably assigned to the Teledyne FLIR Black Hornet, Teledyne FLIR R80D SkyRaider, and InstantEye Robotics InstantEye, but that nomenclatural records for such an assignment haven't been publicly disclosed yet." Simply _no_. The MDS system doesn't work this way. The designation (if there is one) of a publicly acknowledged program is not "withheld" in any way. Quite the contrary, actually - manufacturers are usually quite happy to use such designations in public statements. Also, you seem to believe, that an MDS designation is somehow mandatory for a U.S. military aircraft. But this is _not_ the case.
In Reply to: Re: Missing X-series and Q-series designations possibly used for NGAD tech demonstrators and new secret Lockheed Martin spy drone? posted by Vahe Demirjian on June 26, 2024 at 9:53:20 PST:
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