Exotic Aircraft

The U.S. is currently working on brand new technologies for aircraft. The following is a list of these new aircraft with information on the SR-71A and U-2 as well, since these aircraft have been under security wraps for a number of years.

Designation 	Manufacturer	 User  		Description/Mission                                                            

F-22A		Lockheed         USAF		Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) 
X-29A 		Grumman	         NASA/USAF	Forward Swept Wing Fighter
X-30A 		MCDAC/GD/ROCK    NASA/DOD	National Aerospace  Plane (NASP) 
X-31  				 USN		Enhanced Maneuverability Aircraft (EMA)
X-32		Boeing		 USAF/USN/USMC	Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
X-35		Lockheed	 USAF/USN/USMC	Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) (CHOSEN, F-35)
X-43            Micro-Science    NASA           Hypersonic Flight Test Bed (HyperX)
B-1B          	Rockwell         USAF  SAC      Strategic/Penetration 
						Intercontinental Bomber
B-2A  		Northrup	 USAF  SAC	Strategic Stealth Bomber, extremely low 
						observability
F-117A		Lockheed	 USAF         	Stealth Fighter, nearly impossible to detect 	
V-22A		LTV		 US Special Ops	USMC  Twin Rotor vertical lift 
						assault transport
U-2 		Lockheed	 USAF		High altitude strategic reconaissance 
SR-71  		Lockheed 	 USAF		Mach 3 high altitude strategic 
						reconnaissance
MMA		Boeing		 NAVY		Multi-Mission, Maritime Surveillance (Rpl P-3), 
						Electronic Surveilland (Rpl EP-3A)

Blasts from the Past