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Aviation Week has a couple of articles on the classified RQ-180 program:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_06_2013_p0-643783.xml&p=1

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_06_2013_p0-643786.xml

The RQ-180 is an unmanned aerial system (UAS), designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, and is the likely successor to the RQ-170 Sentinel.

Cheers,

Bill

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Wonder why they changed from UAV to UAS? :hmmm: The hangars they reckon they're being stored in can accomodate aircraft with 130' wingspan. Are there any pics of one of these things on the ground for scale?

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Wonder why they changed from UAV to UAS? :hmmm: The hangars they reckon they're being stored in can accomodate aircraft with 130' wingspan. Are there any pics of one of these things on the ground for scale?

I haven't seen any photos, although the article mentions "publicly available imagery." I was surprised that Aviation Week seems to know as much as they do, but then I shouldn't be surprised at that. :)

Cheers,

Bill

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