Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works today division unveiled this aircraft concept at the Air Force Association's annual convention in Washington DC. The USAF plans to buy the MQ-X to augment and replace the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial systems (UAS). I snapped this picture of the Skunks' MQ-X concept on display in their exhibit area, as well as this chart below. No subject matter experts were immediately available to comment on this particular design for the MQ-X requirement.
on September 15, 2009 11:00 AM | Reply
Seems the AFCT with some reduced RCS designs.
on September 15, 2009 2:58 PM | Reply
On the Lockheed display, first line, wouldn't it be grammatically more correct to say ". . . follow on TO THE MQ-9 . . ."?
on September 26, 2009 5:27 PM | Reply
Lockheed's lost before the competition has even begun. When you view the AF requirements in a complete system, the UAS must be jet powered.
on October 9, 2009 6:23 PM | Reply
While not perfect the new Avenger from General Atomics is it's concept for the MQ-X. It is a Jet powered stealthy UAV and has already flown and was built without government money.
on November 5, 2009 5:14 AM | Reply
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