You Won’t Believe These Planes Never Made It To Production
Nation: United States
Max Speed: 287 mph
Interesting Fact: It was nicknamed “the whale.”
Unveiled in April 1996, the Northrop Tacit Blue was largely a technology demonstrator aircraft used to demonstrate how a low observable stealth surveillance aircraft with a low probability of intercept radar and other sensors could operate close to the forward line of battle with a high degree of survivability… In other words, they wanted to show off how this new technology could create an indestructible vessel.
