https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/first-in-orbit-photo-taken-by-secretive-boeing-x-37b-spacecraft-officially-released/ar-AA1zvm9e?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f2107ed3a4ae4eb5f6e7239d514a350d&ei=37
On Feb. 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs uploaded on the DVIDS...
@Anmdt (and anyone else that can maybe shed more insight)
I was doing deep dive into more radar technology, basically to try to assign power levels for naval wargaming in domain of electronically scanned arrays w.r.t planar phase shift (more well known in general to layfolk as PESA, AESA etc)...
11....but IAF really wants at least ~6 more so we can replace Il-76 (of which we have 17 in transport role) easily in 1:1 way (with bonuses the C-17 has over Il-76) without worrying too much about life extension upgrades on Il-76 with Russia (and problems/costs regarding that).
But Boeing...
Hindsight is 20/20, but it would have been better if we went for this size from get go and secure full production rights for the Mirage 2000 powerplant (M53) along with however many further orders of Mirage 2000 themselves.