BAE Replica

BAE Replica

infobox Aircraft
name=Replica
type=Stealth aircraft
primary user=
manufacturer=BAE Systems


number built=Unknown
status=Unknown

Replica was a design study for a military aircraft with stealth capabilities, developed by BAE Systems. It was associated with the Royal Air Force's now cancelled Future Offensive Air System. The programme is known to have run from 1994 to 1999, and a full size model was built and subjected to a rigorous test programme to determine its radar cross section.

The aircraft was not designed to be as difficult to detect as the F-117 Nighthawk of the US Air Force; rather, it was a cheaper stealth aircraft justifiable by the military budget of the United Kingdom.

References

* [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3590 "Secret UK stealth plane project revealed", New Scientist, 4 April 2003]


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