Boeing Phantom Works 2003 unmanned 'Strike Tanker' concept

[flateric]

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[kcran567]

Any ideas on size/scale and weight for this? ???

 

[flateric]

"wingspan of the model to 20.125 inches, which left the model at 1/72 scale" that gives 36.8 meters wingspan on real a/c
roughly, 737-600 sized bird

 

[Kryptid]

That's an interesting forebody shape, but where will the inlets and engines be located?

 

[bobbymike]

Yes I am probably naive or ignorant (or both) but with a $70+billion black budget I really belive some of these things have been build and are being tested. There will be nmore "Birds of Prey" to come to light IMHO.

 

[Jemiba]

.... but where will the inlets and engines be located?

Had the same question and looking at the wind tunnel model, I would assume
directly in the nose, with the engines and nozzles under the V-tail ?

 

[shedofdread]

Perhaps the intakes could go on the upper surface of the fuselage ('Tacit Blue' style)..? I rather fancy it would be the lowest RCS location [for the kind of missions such a aplatform would fly] and would help greatly with packaging.