U.S. Air Force Said Poised to Award Bomber Contract Tuesday

Read the reports around the time mentioned, throw everything we know out the window, and then look at all the planforms we know for sure, plus the ones that have leaked that we haven't confirmed. You'll notice something interesting.

originally posted by: darksidius
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Boeing protest not a good news to see a roll-out soon

I find it hilarious that they are protesting on the grounds of the cost analysis and Northrop's "lack of good bill keeping". Which is exactly why they were selected in the first place for exemplary performance on the 2010 platforms (yes plural) we are talking about right now. Hilarious. More so coming from the money hungry mouths of Lockheed-Boeing.

a reply to: darksidius

But I would not worry. 100 days is short and the RCO has the project buttoned up like you wouldn't believe. They knew they were getting contested no mater what, it will be an easy annulment. If anything the designers at Northrop deserve a little time off before redrawing the whole damn bird for prime time....

Hmm, 2010 and no one remembers. Sounds like a phantom memory!

Was it a beast to cover up?

a reply to: Flipper35

the beast of Kandahar?

or maybe the Polcat?




I KNOW I KNOW

NEEDLES

a reply to: penroc3

Neither.

can it be launched off a carrier deck and be of interest to both navy and air force but isn't a Boeing bird?

a reply to: BASSPLYR

I'll just leave this right here:


www.abovetopsecret.com...

a reply to: Flipper35

How were They watching the Raid on Osama on live TV?

a reply to: mbkennel

That was said to be the RQ-170.

originally posted by: darksidius
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Boeing protest not a good news to see a roll-out soon

I think it's disgusting they can, the bid and evaluation phase should be audited before announcement.

Filthy politics now who are probably in the pocket of Boeing and Lockheed now turn this into a political situation to try and change the competition. No doubt their lawyer friends will also get some lucrative work paid for by the tax payer increasing the cost and putting at risk national defence for personal greed.

You should be penalised all losses in an unsuccessful protest, $100m per month, 3 month slip to program cost for both USAF team and Northrop marching army costs, legal bills and everything else.

Also, any Senator or whoever protests in a public way should be fined as it has nothing to do with them. Incase you wonder where I stand on this.

a reply to: Sammamishman

The implication being that said drone is a darkstar derivative?

a reply to: Forensick

Couldn't agree more. There are actually movements on the hill to rectify the protest process so that penalties are incurred. I support them. It is a de facto process with little to no ramifications towards the protestor. Especially in cases such as the LRS-B where it is so cut and dry.

Yes Cut and Dry.

a reply to: [post=20004227]aholic[
Do you think its possible to have a reverse of the choice ?

a reply to: darksidius
If Nothrop fly a Platform in the black since years I m confident about the choice of the LRS-B, Lock/Bo are mad to lose.

originally posted by: Bfirez
a reply to: Sammamishman

The implication being that said drone is a darkstar derivative?

Rq-180 ish?

a reply to: darksidius

Who said this one was Northrop?

a reply to: Zaphod58

Sentinel then?

a reply to: Bfirez

Reports are coming out of Afghanistan this spring about sightings of a large reconnaissance aircraft unlike any previously known to the military aviation industry. Rumor has it that this aircraft has also been seen by U-2 pilots flying high altitude reconnaissance missions over Iraq.

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