Sensorcraft projects and McDonnell Douglas project Diamond

http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2011/January%202011/0111horizons.aspx
 

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more Boeing Sensorcraft WT model photos
 

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flateric said:
Better quality NG Sensorcraft render and Sensorcraft's Swept Wing Laminar Flow Control (SWLFC) concept test article, being tested using WhiteKnightOne

A few more photos of the experiment from 2009
 

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Everything you could want to know about flow control on sensorcraft. Via AFRL http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a429430.pdf

Sentinel
 
Modeling and Simulation for Sensor Craft Multi-Mission Radar

https://www.scribd.com/doc/254244798/Sensor-Craft
 
Joined-Wing Sensor-Craft Configuration Design
JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT Vol. 43, No. 5, September


https://www.scribd.com/doc/260229140/Sensor-Craft-Rasmussen-Canfield
 
ESTIMATES FOR THE JOINED-WING SENSOR CRAFT

https://www.scribd.com/doc/272670899/Drag-Estimates-for-the-Joined-wing-Sensor-Craft
 
So, the question is, did the Northrop Sensorcraft become operational as…shikaka?
It seems extremely likely that the so-called "RQ-180" was derived from the Northrop Grumman SensorCraft configuration. The planform is essentially identical, and scalable, and the concept fits with the "family of systems" philosophy that informed the LRS-B (B-21) acquisition decision process. I would not be the least bit surprised to learn that "Shikaka" helped NGC win the bomber competition.
 

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