First look: DARPA’s latest stealth X-Plane will fly this year

Photo caption: The XRQ-73 hybrid electric prototype recon drone. Photo credit: Northrop Grumman. Article by David Szondy. New Atlas – July 11, 2024. Source: Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman has released a photo of the Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) XRQ-73 stealth drone X-plane that it has built for DARPA and is expected to fly by the end of the year. Part of DARPA’s X-Prime program, the XRQ-73A is a demonstrator prototype built by Northrop Grumman and Scaled Composites. […]

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