B-52 replacement

[perttime]

Will there be a crew on it?
Why?

[kerick]

I guess it would be one of those blended wing things that Boeing was/ is looking at.

But I like the Lancaster idea !

That does sound interesting! (The Boeing concept) I believe I saw a kit of that once. Might have been resin.

[pyro-manic]

Is the "2018 bomber" project still running, or did it get quietly cancelled? Haven't heard much about it in the last year or two. That would make sense as the most logical Buff replacement, though I doubt it'll have a payload as large.

I did have a rather evil idea a little while back about a new "bomber" type for the RAF. Take an A330 "Voyager" tanker, and use the outer engine mounting points (the A330 shares a wing with the four-engined A340) to add a pair of either large weapons pods (that hold a bundle of LGBs or ALARMs) or pylons for Storm Shadow cruise missiles.....

[PR19_Kit]

I did have a rather evil idea a little while back about a new "bomber" type for the RAF. Take an A330 "Voyager" tanker, and use the outer engine mounting points (the A330 shares a wing with the four-engined A340) to add a pair of either large weapons pods (that hold a bundle of LGBs or ALARMs) or pylons for Storm Shadow cruise missiles.....

Like a sort of jet Wellesley then? 

[jcf]

From The Seattle Times this past Friday:

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022121852_boeingbomberxml.html

[James]

I guess it would be one of those blended wing things that Boeing was/ is looking at.

But I like the Lancaster idea !

I was thinking B-36! 

[scooter]

Will there be a crew on it?
Why?

Because drones can be hacked, their satellite datalinks are vulnerable to sophisticated jamming, solar weather, anti-satellite weapons systems; and AIs are nowhere near being developed with sophisticated decision making capabilities that a manned crew are capable of