The Next Generation Of Drones?

Air Force May Be Developing Stealth Drones in Secret -- Danger Room

The Air Force’s multi-billion-dollar drone fleets may have helped against the insurgents of Iraq and Afghanistan. But in a fight against a real military like China’s, the relatively defenseless unmanned aerial vehicles would get shot down in a second. So once again, the air will belong to traditional, manned bombers and fighters able to survive the sophisticated air defenses.

At least that’s the Air Force’s official position. Secretly, however, the flying branch could be working on at least two new high-tech UAVs optimized for the most intensive future air wars. Ace aviation reporter Bill Sweetman has gathered evidence of new stealth drones under development by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman — the latter potentially armed, and both drawing on classified funds. If these robots are real, the Air Force’s drone era is not only not ending — it’s barely begun.

Read more ....

My Comment: I concur with this analysis .... the Air Force’s drone era is not only not ending — it’s barely begun. This also probably explains why the U.S. military just shrugged their shoulders when the Iranians claimed that they had captured a drone .... as far as the U.S. is concerned .... this is all old technology.