DARPA / Northrop Grumman XRQ-73 Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD)

quellish · Tuesday at 20:54

Stargazer said:
Indeed, so I guess it's pretty logical.

Yeah, I'm the one who uncovered that obscure type!

Indeed you were!

Stargazer said:
I didn't know the LHO was also related to Scaled, but again, I guess it's logical. Thanks!

LHO is buried in the UAV/UCAV thread

Scott Kenny · Tuesday at 23:40

It's a pretty good bet that any one-off prototype from "Northrop" actually came out of the Scaled Composites workshops.

red admiral · Wednesday at 01:56

Stargazer said:
Not sure if the Scaled Composites connection was mentioned here before. If so, I don't recall it:

Scaled is also listed as one of the suppliers on DARPA's page for the program

Stargazer · Wednesday at 12:40

Scott Kenny said:
It's a pretty good bet that any one-off prototype from "Northrop" actually came out of the Scaled Composites workshops.

I think you're right! ;-)

Hydroman · Wednesday at 14:09

Scott Kenny said:
It's a pretty good bet that any one-off prototype from "Northrop" actually came out of the Scaled Composites workshops.

Yes SK, Scaled is Northrop's mini Skunk Works for advanced design and demonstrator/prototype manufacturing and fabrication.