TheLit420 t1_j6ntmkg wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:27 PM

Reply to comment by SuckmyBlunt545 in DARPA wants aircraft that can maneuver with a radically different method by Hypx

Yeah, they showed a UFO-shaped military aircraft once on AHC. It was designed in the 50s and it was hovering and UFO-shaped. I think they already have stuff that they are still experimenting on in the hopes it becomes economically feasible someday. People aren't happy with a 2 billion dollar plane, imagine a plane that cost 20 billion dollars? That wouldn't sit with people.

But oddly enough a 10 billion dollar aircraft carrier is fine.

MEMENARDO_DANK_VINCI t1_j6oowuf wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:39 PM

The aircraft carrier is a mobile oil defense platform, it pays for itself, it doesn’t pay for the labor and cost of maintenance, but it does pay for itself

TheBertinator3000 t1_j6ovgsn wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:19 PM

>Yeah, they showed a UFO-shaped military aircraft once on AHC. It was designed in the 50s and it was hovering and UFO-shaped.

Are you talking about the sketchy experimental hovercraft, that they were playing around with?

We have publicly available hovercrafts. We've had them for a long time. They're just platforms/vehicles built around giant fans that face downwards.