Developing, testing--and ranges to do that: unveiled without much fanfare in mid-2006, the Polecat drone (also code-named P-175) was nevertheless given the <<2006 Best for What's New>> award by Popular Science. The design may look unusual for an unmanned vehicle, but the pattern is quite logical.

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Developing, testing--and ranges to do that: unveiled without much fanfare in mid-2006, the Polecat drone (also code-named P-175) was nevertheless given the <<2006 Best for What's New>> award by Popular Science. The design may look unusual for an unmanned vehicle, but the pattern is quite logical.

In hindsight it now seems perfectly logical that something looking like the B-2 bomber was bound to one day be developed into an unmanned aircraft, because it is quite clear that any sensible aircraft configuration can be turned into a drone. It started with all variations of classical fixed-wing designs (single and multiple engines, twin booms, shoulder wings, T-tails...

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