Lockheed Martin Calendar Aircraft To ID

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Earlier today, the Facebook page Cancelled Aircraft posted artwork of the optionally manned Sabre Warrior UCAV concept. In the course of discussion, somebody mentioned that it appeared on an old Lockheed Martin calendar. But the reason I'm making this particular post is in regards to the pseudo A-12 flying wing right above the Sabre Warrior. What is that? Was this an actual concept? Or just a generic placeholder art strictly for the calendar?
 

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My first thought it was one of the bomber derivatives of the F-22 looked at 20 years ago, but the intake isn't right. Next thought-it's their NGAD proposal. Whatever it is, I do think it's based on some actual concept.
 
Wait wait wait... you mean to tell me that that is an LM design with those X-32 haw haw intakes?

Boeing engineers must have secretly infiltrated LM and took over.
I know, and that's what's got me puzzled. This calendar is from 2002. LM had already been selected for the JSF, so the Boeing X-32 was on ice. And while it could possibly be something from FB-22 study, that gaping "Monica" intake really throws things off. I dunno... Maybe LM poached some defectors from the X-32 program or something.
 

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