Mystery Aircraft at Edwards AFB

anzha

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The B-21 was more grey than generally publicized. Both teams were supposed to have built demonstrators. One of them nearly crashed, or so goes the story. The winning design is something very close to a B-2 in appearance. I've joked the B-21 really stands for B-2.1

The RQ-180 is supposed to be either a cranked kite or true flying wing. It has a profile and size, if it is a true flying wing, that would look like a B-2.

The photographers stated they went back during the sat photo time frame and didn't see anything there. Its anecdotal, so I'd take with a large grain of salt.
 

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The B-21 was more grey than generally publicized. Both teams were supposed to have built demonstrators. One of them nearly crashed, or so goes the story. The winning design is something very close to a B-2 in appearance. I've joked the B-21 really stands for B-2.1

The RQ-180 is supposed to be either a cranked kite or true flying wing. It has a profile and size, if it is a true flying wing, that would look like a B-2.

The photographers stated they went back during the sat photo time frame and didn't see anything there. Its anecdotal, so I'd take with a large grain of salt.

Looks like a B-2, where would we suppose the B-21 is being built/proto-typed....
 
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