Revealing the top secret stealth aircraft of America

The US media has provided images showing the Pentagon's latest reconnaissance aircraft appeared in Region 51, not just at design drawings.

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Unlike the recently unveiled SR-72 supersonic aircraft, Northrop Grumman's RQ-180 reconnaissance aircraft are likely to be in flight testing, according to a prestigious technology magazine. No is Aviation Week and Space Technology. In addition to the financial reports of Northrop Grumman Group, Aviation Week publishes satellite images from its headquarters in Palmdale, California and Region 51, the site of its excellent military projects. America. In the photos, the hangers are holding an aircraft with wingspan of at least 40 meters, which is wider than the Boeing 737's wing. When asked about the existence of RQ-180, the US Air Force does not confirm nor cover. received, only saying 'don't talk about the program'.

RQ-180 stealth spy plane - (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

The RQ-180 is a new design with a focus on scouting, intelligence and tracking (ISR) , equipped with invisibility to avoid the observation of enemy anti-aircraft forces. It is an alternative to Lockheed Martin's RQ-170 Sentinel line, nicknamed 'Kandahar Monster' after a long time of performing ISR missions from southern Afghanistan since 2007. According to intelligence information, The RQ-170 mainly collects intelligence information from Iran and Pakistan, but it has many disadvantages compared to other UAVs, and once it falls into enemy hands. Specifically, in December 2011, Iran announced it had confiscated an RQ-170 after entering its control system. Regarding the event, the US Air Force admitted that it had lost contact with the RQ-170 in the western sky of Afghanistan at that time.

According to analysts, the RQ-180 is designed to improve most of the critical shortcomings of the previous life, especially in the case of operating on hostile airspace. According to Aviation Week, the RQ-180 has stronger stealth capabilities than the RQ-170 and an improved aerodynamic engine, allowing the US Air Force to expand ISR beyond the airspace of Iraq and Afghanistan and the active territory. of the Global Hawk and Predator / Reaper UAVs. The US Air Force lost its ability to penetrate these areas after the retirement of SR-71 aircraft in 1998. The long-range SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, nicknamed 'black dragon' host. weak based on superior speed, up to Mach 3, capable of operating at a height of 24,400m, combined with other invisibility features, to fly across the sky without acclaiming the United States and gathering information enemy intelligence.

The use of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft for reconnaissance missions is increasing over time. However, most of these espionage jobs often rely on slow-speed aircraft such as Global Hawk and Predator. Besides low velocity, these planes are quite bulky and of course cannot avoid radar visibility. As a result, they are only deployed under the protection of fighters, and operate in safe skies. Meanwhile, the RQ-180 promises to take on more long-range missions, thanks to advanced stealth technology. In addition to the RQ-180 project, Northrop Grumman also publicly announced the flight test of the X-47B unmanned fighter, successfully landing and taking off from the carrier. X-47B primarily undertook combat missions and intelligence gathering, and was developed by the US Navy, according to Wired magazine.