McDonnell Douglas/Boeing - Cruise Missile/UAV Concept

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Last week I visited the National Museum of Transportation for the first time in a couple of years. In that time, they opened a large McDonnell Aircraft/McDonnell Douglas/Boeing display which included this display model. Anyone recognize what it is? No information was provided with the model.

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The wing looks very large for the body, especially with the pylon holding it away from the fuselage. I wonder if it's actually a rotor, somewhere adjacent to Canard Rotor Wing.
 
Wrong company, of course, but maybe something similar to this?

Vought Long Bow(Longbow)​

In 1978, SAMSO and DARPA began to sponsor a study for a new medium- to long-range ballistic missile under the name Longbow (or Long Bow). According to source [16], the concept evolved into a ballistic/cruise missile combination. Long Bow was to be launched vertically from Minuteman silos, transition to a cruise configuration for the way to the target, optionally loiter in the target area, and finally fly a ballistic path toward impact. A wingspan of 27 m (88 ft) is quoted. Vought received a contract to study this vehicle in 1983, but the concept obviously did not result in any flight test hardware.

https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/other.html
 
I'm guessing the model is something pylon launched. Also there's a lot of control surfaces, why is that?
 
targetpractice said:
I'm guessing the model is something pylon launched. Also there's a lot of control surfaces, why is that?
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The C-D nozzle suggests a supersonic vehicle, while the wing is screaming subsonic, unless it stows fore and aft like some of the AMSA pivot-wing ideas.

I'd also guess it's fairly big. That nozzle feels like a fighter-sized engine, but maybe that's just because we don't have many examples of such nozzles on smaller vehicles.
 
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