Bill Sweetman article, detailing journey from X-45 and J-UCAS to:
1) Penetrating, armed ISR (and SEAD?) single engine program underway.
2) Next Generation Bomber prototype in development ("not LRS-B" says Bill).
Other fun facts:
1) About 20 RQ-170s in service or on the way.
2) RQ-170 itself was derived from Distant Star, a larger V-tailed aircraft program that was started after the EP-3E incident in 2001.
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_12_03_2012_p04-520329.xml
1) Penetrating, armed ISR (and SEAD?) single engine program underway.
2) Next Generation Bomber prototype in development ("not LRS-B" says Bill).
Other fun facts:
1) About 20 RQ-170s in service or on the way.
2) RQ-170 itself was derived from Distant Star, a larger V-tailed aircraft program that was started after the EP-3E incident in 2001.
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_12_03_2012_p04-520329.xml