Pretty cool for the 60s. Even more impressive if they released RCS numbers to compare to the SR-71 and F-117<p>My first thought is it looks like a cross between the X-47B [0] and the RQ-4 Global Hawk [1]. Interestingly, both of those came out of Northrop Grumman years later.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B</a><p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_H...</a>
Wow, if the design that resulted in those now-well-known aesthetic qualities goes back that far, I wonder what they're thinking is new and cool these days.
One question, in case anyone here knows: if the "1948 'Key West Agreement' (PDF) that put jet fixed-wing aircraft purely in the domain of the Air Force" is a thing, then how come the Navy runs the Blue Angels? <a href="https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/" rel="nofollow">https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/</a>