America’s highly classified RQ-180 is much more than a spy plane

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In December of 2013, Aviation Week first broke the news to the world that the United States was secretly developing a large, stealthy reconnaissance aircraft meant to fill the role left empty by the SR-71’s retirement. This highly classified new aircraft was dubbed the RQ-180.

But beyond that… details are pretty limited. Let’s see what we can find out.

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