U.S. Air Force secretly developed new stealth drone at ‘Area 51': report

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/06/u-s-air-force-secretly-developed-new-stealth-drone-at-area-51-report/

U.S. Air Force secretly developed new stealth drone at ‘Area 51′: report
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, December 6, 2013 15:06 EST

The US Air Force has secretly developed a new stealth drone for long-range reconnaissance missions that could be operational by 2015, according to a report Friday in an industry magazine.

The unmanned drone, dubbed RQ-180, is currently in the testing phase at the top secret Groom Lake air base in Nevada — the infamous “Area 51″ where the Air Force tested the U2 spy planes in the late 1950s, Aviation Week said.

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The new aircraft was reportedly built by Northrop Grumann, the company behind the Global Hawk and the X-47B drones, which landed on air craft carriers for the first time this summer.

The US company may have obtained in 2008 a secret contract on the order of $2 billion to develop the latest drone, according to Aviation Week.

[newfie11]

1. Do we really need a 2 billion dollar drone

We have so many things that money could have helped the average person in America.
Roads, bridges, schools, put solar panels on roofs ( like Germany) etc.
But no, this is America where the rich rule and MIC is the head of the snake.