Project Lotus, Northrop Grumman’s Secret Autonomous Aircraft Revealed

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A secret aircraft has been built inside the Scaled Composites facility in Mojave, California.

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Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus, at the company’s Scaled Composites rapid prototyping facility in Mojave, California, a source familiar with the project tells Aviation Week. A photo of the aircraft reviewed by Aviation Week...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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